Captain Phillips; A good movie, but not for the faint of heart:

Rating: 8/10 (30 March 2014)

Captain Phillips is a well-done but harrowing film that's based on a true story about the hijacking of an American boat by Somali pirates.
The acting is good, the action gripping enough to keep people on the edge of their seats (I know I was on the edge of my seat the whole time!), but it's definitely not for the faint of heart, if one gets the drift. it was well worth seeing, nonetheless.
The actor who played Captain Phillips played the part of the beleaguered captain with much aplomb and expression.
So did the guys who played the Somali pirates who hijacked the ship.
While I wonder what the United States was doing over in Somalia in the first place, I do feel for Captain Phillips and all the ships passengers, since the hijacking was such an ordeal for everybody on the ship.
The fact that the pirates literally hijacked the ship and took over as Captain made me not feel sympathy for the pirates. Yet, I couldn't justify the killing of them in the end, either. One pirate did serve (or is serving ), a prison sentence here in the United States, and he should be.