Too long, too predictable

Rating: 7/10 (13 December 2013)

The excellent Paul Greengrass comes back 3 years after his lukewarm Green Zone, and still, the expectations for Captain Philips are as high as the English's reputation, who directed some of the best action movies ever.
He is a master at delivering incredibly captivating and most importantly ultra dynamic movies, but paradoxically, this is where the problem lies in for this one.
The beginning is suspenseful, but as soon as the captain is abducted into the lifeboat, the rhythm drops badly, the script becomes very redundant, and the only thing you're wishing for is the movie to finish especially as the final outcome / it is totally predictable.
The film suffers from no real flaw but you can't help but feel a bit disappointed and be under the impression you just saw a longer, less suspenseful, less good maritime version of United 93.