Paul Greengrass delivers a true story that will leave you shaking for days in 'Captain Phillips.'

Rating: Null/10 (2 June 2014)

It's very hard to find thrillers these days that are actually thrilling the entire film. In Paul Greengrass's 'Captain Phillips' expect to be enthralled in the film the entire time. Tom Hanks plays a captain of a cargo ship headed from Somalia to Kenya in order to supply food for the hungry. The ship is sailing smooth until a group of Somali pirates hijack the ship, leaving Captain Phillips to become a leader and create a peaceful solution. The entire time you see the difficult situations Captain Phillips has to make in order to protect his crew. When the U.S. government gets involved in the story, expect your heart to beat a little faster. The intensity Paul Greengrass captures provides pure entertainment that isn't forced in the slightest. His artistic vision makes this film seem like your watching a videotape from the actual event, instead of a brilliant motion picture starring an Academy Award winning actor. The editing makes it feel as real as possible. The pirates are amazing, especially the leader played by Bakhard Abdi. Tom Hanks gives another Oscar-worthy performance as Captain Phillips. What's really special about this film is that the screenwriter Billy Ray doesn't portray the pirates as the "bad guys" and Captain Phillips as the "good guy." He tells a story in the eyes of many people and provides genius character development. Any storyteller can watch CNN and make an intense true story a film, but Billy Ray really tells a story instead of an event. Even knowing how the film ends due to watching the real news story I was still shaking rapidly due to the intensity. Not a single second of the film is over-done. Every actor is cast perfectly and you'll see a great story of leadership from Tom Hanks as American hero Captain Phillips. If you want to see world class film making and have fun at the cinema, check this one out.