Captain Phillips-America: We Have A Problem ***1/2

Rating: 9/10 (17 May 2014)

An American ship bringing cargo to the African continent is hijacked by Somalian pirates. The hijacking in itself goes awry and instead of taking the $30,000.00 and fleeing, the pirates instead kidnap Tom Hanks, Phillips, and this becomes a constant film of tension with the Navy seals on hot pursuit of the terrorists while trying to get Phillips back safely.
There is tension among the pirates as you can imagine. Hanks shows the right emotion of a person in such a precarious situation.
It also goes to show you that the pirates will hurt their own people in order to attain their selfish ends.
Hanks gives a superb performance and is well-matched by Barkhad Abdi, a former Minnesota chauffeur, who was nominated for best supporting actor as the pirate leader in this 2013 film.