Entertaining take on real-life drama

Rating: 6/10 (27 February 2019)

The great risk for this movie (based on a true story) was to be overly grim and rough on the audience. The potential for two hours of anguish, nightmare and psychological torture was there. Instead, Greengrass is very good in balancing drama, action and thrill, also with the great merit of humanizing the pirates (victims themselves) and focusing on the relation between them and Tom Hanks.
Hanks delivers his usual deep and friendly interpretation, and he's a great part of the success of this movie.
Overall, two hours of action and thrill that will keep you entertained.