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Captain Phillips Movie Review

Cast

Tom Hanks as Captain Phillips

Catherine Keener as Andrea Phillips

Max Martini as SEAL Commander

Chris Mulkey as John Cronan

Yul Vazquez as Frank Castellano 

Corey Johnson as Ken Quinn

David Warshofsky as Mike Perry

John Magaro as Dan Phillips

Micheal Chernus as Shane Murphy

Angus Maclnnes as John A White

Barkhad Abdi as Muse

Faysal Ahmed as Najee

Summary

Captain Phillips is the captain of a merchant vessel(Maersk Alabama)traveling to Kenya. Off the coast of Somalia their ship is hijacked by pirates, with Muse being the captain of the pirates. The pirates search the ship looking for a fortune, but they only end up with 30,000 dollars. The pirates angry that they didn't get the money they were hoping for, kidnap Captain Phillips and take him aboard a lifeboat so they can ransom him. With Phillips being trapped the US Navy approaches hoping to get phillips out alive.

Theme 

I think the theme of this movie is about being content and grateful. The pirates could have left the ship with the 30,000 dollars and they would all be fine, but since they got greedy and tried to ransom Phillips they had to deal with the Navy and SEAL Team Six.

Audience 

I think the people that would enjoy this movie are people who like suspense or danger.

Opinion

I think this movie was really good. I really enjoyed how suspenseful the entire film was and how it kept me on my toes. The camera angles mixed with the great sound design really drove in the anticipation even more, and that coupled with how the pacing slowed down during more suspenseful parts really made this entire movie feel like a rollercoaster. The acting was also superb with Tom Hanks portraying fear and grief in such a manner that you would actually believe he was kidnapped by pirates. The pirates also go through a arch as they start off as being calm and controlling, but when the Navy shows up they start to panic and argue amongst each other. The only thing I had a problem with was the climax not really living up to the suspense.

Rating 

9/10