Captain Phillips
U/A; Action
Dir: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Tom Hanks
Ratings:u00a0

Tom Hanks plays Captain Phillips in this film based on real-life events

Unlike the other Somalian pirate film, A Hijacking, which was a slow-burn drama that focused on the psychological aspect of incident, Paul Greengrass’ film is a full on pulse pounding action thriller that is sort of a United 93 meets Zero Dark Thirty. Make no mistake — Greengrass gets better with every film and this is the most hair-raisingly fun thriller of the year, and despite its two-and-half-hour run time it whizzes by like a bullet.