decent film, hanks at his best

Rating: 8/10 (11 February 2014)

I'm not a huge hanks fan i do like him in some films but in this he was terrific,especially the last half hour or so. It is so far the best film i have seen from 2013. Taken the material it folds out like a thriller and a drama - a very unflinching and tense one.
Hanks plays Rich Phillips captain of a cargo ship delivering food to poor countries in Africa. But the pirates were after money and lots of it! Overall i give this film 8 and hope Hanks gets a nod for an Oscar maybe, unless i see a better performance from 2013.
Worse things happen at sea so the saying goes and this is a confirmation on how scary out at sea can be especially in pirate waters. Bandit land. The Somalians were the ultimate villains and played their parts just as convincingly as Hanks did.