A great film!

Rating: Null/10 (29 December 2013)

This film recounts the hijacking of a US cargo ship by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa back in 2009.
"Captain Phillips" is an action packed, adrenaline pumping film. It wasts no time, and action already kicks in fifteen minutes into the film. It's a film of survival, the constant struggles to survive is well portrayed. However, I think the best scene is the last scene, where Captain Phillips is examined medically. It turns the run of the mill action film into a major tear jerker. It turns Tom Hanks from a fearless captain who calmly battle the pirates, to a human being overwhelmed with emotions. It is such a powerful scene, and sets "Captain Phillips" different from just a mindless action film.