Thrilling movie.

Rating: 8/10 (20 January 2014)

Based on true events about the first American cargo ship to be overtaken by pirates in a long long time. The ship was under Captain Phillips control, the pirates were Somalian. The event is somewhat recent, taking place in 2009.
Now the movie premise is simple enough, ship gets taken, hostage situation, negotiations etc. The execution of it all is great. The movie slowly builds up tension and it continues to do so till the very end. The last hour or so was really tense, I was just keep wondering what will happen, who will survive etc etc.
Acting was great, especially by Tom Hanks. He was exceptionally great at the last scene, I really felt that moment. The pirates were great too. You actually feel for them as the movie shows you their background (somewhat) and its not a simple good vs bad guy scenario, it could have been more fleshed out though.
The soundtrack was good, cinematography was great.
8/10