Captain Philips

Rating: 7/10 (17 February 2014)

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Excellent performance from Tom Hanks in this one, as we come to expect from him. In this movie he's the captain of the container ship MV Maersk Alabama cruising along Somali coast and heading to South Africa. In the way the ship is intercepted by Somali pirates and the story develops from here.
This is not the usual action movie where the hero saves the crew from the evil pirates, this is a more realistic movie, there is no hero, just the captain trying his best to have his crew safe. Phillips (Tom Hanks) is a well developed character in my opinion, but I think Muse (Barkhad Abdi) could have been more developed from the start, because we never quite understand his motivations until late in the movie. Nevertheless the screenplay is well written and moving. I didn't quite understand some of Phillips actions while on the safe boat because all he had to do was wait, but I guess he started to feel sorry for the pirates so it's OK.
I was very moved by the last scene where Tom Hanks makes a extraordinary and believable performance, my god, I was really impressed (I shouldn't be because, well, it's Tom Hanks...) and no doubt his performance was the best this movie offered.