Director : Paul Greengrass
Running Time : 135 mins
Based on a true story, this movie tells the story of Captain Richard Phillips (Hanks) as he commands a container vessel which is delivering cargo to the coast of Africa. The ship is attacked by Somali pirates, and with no weaponry to fight them off Phillips is taken hostage as the pirates negotiate for an exorbitant amount of money.
It’s always hard to judge this kind of movie, especially when you only have the events from one side of the story. Hanks is fine enough in this, though not Oscar worthy, and the supporting cast aren’t bad, but the pirates on the whole feel like they have been written in a very one-dimensional fashion which makes them almost irredeemable, where even the most hateful of villains should have some quality that you can like to hate about them other than being single-minded and focussed on one simple goal.
You’ll like this if you liked : Under Siege
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