Overall terrible

Rating: 1/10 (5 February 2014)

Hanks Plays Richard Phillips, Captain of a cargo ship that's been taken hostage by a group of Somalian pirates. Right from the start the movie feels awkwardly amateurish in both the acting, writing and camera work. Hanks just looks lost, trying to find the set he was supposed to report to, but finds himself already there. The conversations between him and the crew borders on parody, not a single line sounds even remotely believable. The acting of the supporting cast was downright laughable. The utterly predictable story progression is repetitive and the terrible hand-held camera work in every scene nauseating and annoying. Greengrass should have let the tension of the moment do the work. In stead we get this overblown action movie approach that completely ruins what could have been a very decent film.