Dramatic rescue at sea!

Rating: 8/10 (17 March 2014)

Too long. Boring! What movie did you watch? CAPTAIN PHILLIPS is based on true events and adapted from the book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips and Stephan Tally. In 2009, Somali pirates highjacked the American cargo ship Maernsk Alabama almost two hundred miles off the coast of Somalia and kidnapped its commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips(Tom Hanks). The events made international headlines and some of the rescue presented live on TV as it happened. Phillips had his crew practice drills in case of emergency or attack, never really expecting the actuality. The world became very real for all aboard the container ship, when the Alabama was under attack from two small boats. One managed to later board Phillips' ship, a band of Somali pirates led by a man called Muse(Barkhad Abdi) demanded money, much more than what was on board. After shots being fired and a bit of manhandling, Phillips convinces Muse and what was left of his small crew to board a lifeboat and leave with the money. Phillips was taken hostage and things grew more unpleasant. Hours and hours go by as the Navy and a special force of Navy SEALs try to make Muse and his crew realize that their efforts were fruitless. If this movie wasn't already terse and white knuckle anxious...the SEALs waited for the right moment to present itself. The rescue is not just dramatic, but gut wrenching. Many could not understand Hanks not getting an Oscar for his efforts. Also in the cast: Michael Cernus, Corey Johnson, Max Martini, Barkhad Abdirahman, Yul Vasquez and Catherine Keener.