This is Tom Hanks at his best. He is simply excellent as the Captain of the MV Maersk Alabama, which in 2009 was taken by a small group of Somali pirates.
When the hijack turned sour for the Somalis on board, thanks to the resourcefulness of Captain Phillips and his crew, they took Phillips hostage and left on the life raft, heading for Somali. The idea was to get 10 million $ in ransom money.
With all the action going on - crew hiding in the engine room, outsmarting the pirates by turning off emergency lights and leaving glass shards by the door for the one barefoot pirate to step in, Navy Seals parachuting onto the scene, military ships and helicopters coming for the rescue - the focus is always on Captain Phillips and his four hijackers. The group is in this small boat, exhausted, thirsty and overcome by cabin fever and none of it ever gets boring.
I don't know if things really went down as they did, but if only half of it did, this Captain Phillips is quite the hero.
Edge-of-your-seat excitement!
8/10
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