Captain Philips is a film by director Paul Greengrass based on the hostage situation of Captain
Richard Philips during the ship hijacking by Somalian pirates in 2009. Tom Hanks played the role
of Captain Philips and as always my favourite actor has done justice to his role. The movie starts
with Captain Philips’s journey from his home to ship departure land Salaala port. Captain Philips
commands the ship Maersk Alabama, travelling from Oman – Kenya, through the danger zone,
Somalia. It shows an ordinary start for an ordinary man. Then movie takes us to Somalia and shows
how pirates are forced to attack ships. Pirates are played by Somalian actors. Pirate’s leader is
Abduwali Muse, played by Barkhad Abdi. It shows the risk and athletic effort taken by pirates,
onscreen in a documentary kind of realistic way. At the same time the helplessness of the ship crew
to protect themselves without an armed security is also shown in a parallel manner. The Captain
takes all possible steps to avoid piracy along with his crew’s cooperation. The action scene of
pirate’s entry to ship was captured well. The confrontation between the pirate’s leader and Captain
Phillips is one of the finer points in the film. This leads the pirate’s leader to search the ship which is
inevitably followed by a surprise attack from the hidden crew in the engine room. This further leads
to a truce but while pirates leave in a lifeboat, they capture Captain Philip and make him hostage.
This is when the U.S Navy ship comes into the scene to put every last possibility in their textbook
to rescue Captain Philips from the lifeboat. Tom Hanks does a fabulous job in all the scenes, as
expected. This also accounts for the plunge in to sea and swim towards US Navy ship that he takes.
US Navy shooters do a commendable job in rescuing the Captain from the pirates. Tom does it again
with his impeccable acting abilities and is a sure-fire contender for the Academy Awards next year.
The climax brings us to a man who nearly managed to escape from death with the help of the U.S.
Navy and who has taken a rebirth. I am sure the real Captain Richard Philip will not disagree, even
slightly to these moments portrayed on reel.
Overall it is a great elaboration of what has happened at Indian Ocean during the piracy attack
of Captain Phillip’s cargo vessel. This movie will take each audience to their seat’s edges and is
another fine film in the vast repertoire of the actor’s marvellous career. It was for the first time I
was watching Somalian actors and they have really gotten into the skin of the characters. And they
also have a wonderful support cast to carry the film beautifully. To sum it up, this film must be
given a shot and can be invariably deemed as one of the finest movies to come out in 2013. Highly
recommended!
Richard Philips during the ship hijacking by Somalian pirates in 2009. Tom Hanks played the role
of Captain Philips and as always my favourite actor has done justice to his role. The movie starts
with Captain Philips’s journey from his home to ship departure land Salaala port. Captain Philips
commands the ship Maersk Alabama, travelling from Oman – Kenya, through the danger zone,
Somalia. It shows an ordinary start for an ordinary man. Then movie takes us to Somalia and shows
how pirates are forced to attack ships. Pirates are played by Somalian actors. Pirate’s leader is
Abduwali Muse, played by Barkhad Abdi. It shows the risk and athletic effort taken by pirates,
onscreen in a documentary kind of realistic way. At the same time the helplessness of the ship crew
to protect themselves without an armed security is also shown in a parallel manner. The Captain
takes all possible steps to avoid piracy along with his crew’s cooperation. The action scene of
pirate’s entry to ship was captured well. The confrontation between the pirate’s leader and Captain
Phillips is one of the finer points in the film. This leads the pirate’s leader to search the ship which is
inevitably followed by a surprise attack from the hidden crew in the engine room. This further leads
to a truce but while pirates leave in a lifeboat, they capture Captain Philip and make him hostage.
This is when the U.S Navy ship comes into the scene to put every last possibility in their textbook
to rescue Captain Philips from the lifeboat. Tom Hanks does a fabulous job in all the scenes, as
expected. This also accounts for the plunge in to sea and swim towards US Navy ship that he takes.
US Navy shooters do a commendable job in rescuing the Captain from the pirates. Tom does it again
with his impeccable acting abilities and is a sure-fire contender for the Academy Awards next year.
The climax brings us to a man who nearly managed to escape from death with the help of the U.S.
Navy and who has taken a rebirth. I am sure the real Captain Richard Philip will not disagree, even
slightly to these moments portrayed on reel.
Overall it is a great elaboration of what has happened at Indian Ocean during the piracy attack
of Captain Phillip’s cargo vessel. This movie will take each audience to their seat’s edges and is
another fine film in the vast repertoire of the actor’s marvellous career. It was for the first time I
was watching Somalian actors and they have really gotten into the skin of the characters. And they
also have a wonderful support cast to carry the film beautifully. To sum it up, this film must be
given a shot and can be invariably deemed as one of the finest movies to come out in 2013. Highly
recommended!
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