Decent Realism but Drags the 2nd Half

Rating: 6/10 (8 November 2013)

One of the issues with "Captain Phillips" for myself as a viewer and probably a lot of folks is that you already know the outcome of the movie before watching, so coming in it's like watching a recorded game you already know the outcome to. Despite this, Director Paul Greengrass has worked with Tom Hanks,and a quartet of young green African-emigrated actors to goto great lengths in recreating authentic looking settings, dialog, and characters - and the movie is helped by this level of effort. To this end we have close ups and shots of Naval ships in what looks to be deployed operations as well as close-in tactics on display. Even with all this, the story lags and needs some getty-up about the last 45 min or so. The dialog and action becomes stagnant, and the movie bogs down. I grew tired of listening to the yelling and repeated dialog type between Hanks and the Captors. By the end I was ready for it to end. Fairly good, but perhaps could've had better pacing. 6/10