A Pentagon Message

Rating: 7/10 (12 February 2014)

The Maersk was the first American ship hijacked since the 19th century so a certain hegemony needed to bring the consequences of daring to undertake such a crime to our attention in glorious Hollywood definition
Tom Hanks has to cry like a baby for the last 5 minutes as the director desperately tries to claw back sympathy for the protagonist after a trillion dollar war machine murders three teenagers enslaved to warlord and locks up a fourth for 33 years. The scene at the end was improvised and added the last minute. The nurse was a real chief (she was great. This scene was absolutely vital
The movie is otherwise technically fine but Tom Hanks is the only actor alive who has enough capital with audiences to pull off this miserable story and come out looking good