Saturday, 12 July 2014

yyaaaarrrr off Africa

Captain Philips (2013)

Directed by Paul Greengrass this film based on real events stars Tom Hanks and Barkhad Adbi. A container ship travelling past Somalia is attacked by pirates.

It seems this film does a fairly good job of presenting events truthfully and realistic manner. The story does have some vague allusions to the wider situation but never really becomes more than a recreation of events. Numerous award nominations were showered on this film and while it is really well made inevitably some of the tension falls flat because you know the outcome of the film going in.


3/5

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