Captain Phillips

IMDb

7.8/10

Rated

PG-13

Captain Phillips is a 2013 biographical thriller directed by Paul Greengrass and based on the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama. Tom Hanks plays Captain Richard Phillips, whose container ship is boarded by four Somali pirates led by Muse, played by Barkhad Abdi in an Oscar-nominated debut. After Phillips is taken hostage in a lifeboat, the US Navy moves in. Shot in a tense, documentary style, the film builds to a powerful final scene for Hanks.

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