I got tired of seeing commercials talking about how inspirational the movie Captain Phillips was. This is based off what really happened a few years ago where a ship was taken over by pirates. Well, that concludes the review! I mean, that pretty much is the movie when you think about it. I'm not knocking it at all. It was a good movie but the story is pretty simple. Thankfully director Paul Greengrass handled this and he is good at working in small spaces and making people just staring feel important.
Tom Hanks stars as Captain Richard
Phillips. Its his job to sail this big ass ship around parts of
Africa where lots of pirate attacks have been happening to deliver
supplies and aid. He is fully aware of all of this and starts having
his crew do drills just in case they ever get taken over or attacked.
They seem to be kinda lazy about it or not thinking it'll actually
happen. That is until it does. Some of the crew is like “This is
bullshit! I want to stop and go home!” and Phillips is like “You
can come to my office and fill out the union paperwork and when we
get to Africa you can leave.”
The story flips back and forth at the start between the pirates led by Abduwali Muse played by Barkhad Abdi who people are saying may get nominated for his performance. He and his boys come at the ship and Phillips and his crew start speeding up the boat and making the water too rough for them to catch up. They make it away safely until the next day when these guys show up with a faster boat. Phillips and his crew once again try to get away and start to blast the pirates with water. They still manage to start shooting at them and make it aboard.
