Catch Hell (also known as Chained or as Kidnapped) is a 2014 American thriller film written and directed by Ryan Phillippe.

After being caught with another man’s wife, a faded Hollywood actor is kidnapped and subjected to sexual, physical, emotional and psychological torture.

[1] Washed-up Hollywood actor Reagan Pierce arrives in Louisiana for the filming of a movie, 'Flashpoint'.

Feeling nervous, he expresses a desire to quit the film, but relents after his boss pressures him.

Reagan forgets which number to call to check on the rehearsal, so he asks the passengers.

The driver, Mike, pulls Reagan out of the van and immediately attacks him, beating him until he blacks-out.

The next morning, Mike says that he sent the nudes to the media, and announces it is “time to feed the gators”.

Reagan says he drove her home from work once and listened to her vent about Mike’s abuse, before they had sex.

Junior shoots and skins the gator, and reports to Mike that Reagan's still alive.

Junior unhooks him from the wall, leaving his hands tied, and takes him to the floor in the hole.

The next day, Junior grills alligator meat and takes Reagan outside, chained, for some sun.

Mike visits Diana, now his ex-wife, and claims he is not a violent man anymore.

In the news, the media questions Reagan's tweet and broadcasts surveillance video of him getting into Mike’s van.

The voicemail message he recorded is actually a verbatim quote from a movie in which he played a kidnapped soldier.

Later, in an interview, Reagan says that after the kidnappers died, he had to wait until morning for rescue, as there were rogue alligators.

It was financed by producer Mark Burg through his Twisted Pictures label, and it was filmed in Louisiana.

"[8] Slant Magazine awarded it one out of five stars, saying "Phillippe never digs into Pearce as a person, or ponders the solitary nature of the actor's lifestyle, and the effect, which lasts right up until the inevitable and self-serving conclusion in which Pearce's career is resuscitated in the wake of all the media coverage surrounding his disappearance, is that he's kept at a distance from the audience"[9] The New York Times said "But a certain curiosity value arises out of Mr. Phillippe's coincidental occupation here as a professional actor and a director.

"[1] We Got This Covered said, "I'm not saying I'll ever know what it feels like to be scrutinized by every gossipy website and television show, but Catch Hell is a failed attempt to help audiences understand the trials and tribulations of actors forced into an obsessive limelight.

"[10] The Village Voice was more positive, saying "Catch Hell might not catapult Phillippe back into the spotlight, but as Junior, Grush is by turns ashamed, bashful, and dangerous; he could perhaps do more if given the chance.