Directed by : Paul Greengrass
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/
Tom Hanks spectacular performance in an edge of the seat thriller.
Read at your own risk, the post may have some spoilers.
The director well known for the two Bourne Series films he did (Ultimatum and Supremacy), teams up with Tom Hanks for another edge of the seat thriller.
A true story about 2009 hijacking of U.S container ship Alabama, by a crew of Somali pirates. The officer on duty at the time of hijack is Captain Philips (Tom Hanks) while Muse (Barkhad Abdi) is the leader in the hijackers team.
After quickly establishing Philips personal life with a scene with his wife, and how Muse picks up his team for the job plus the reasons for them going after a hijacking.. we move to the ship sequence where Philips is shown as a careful captain checking all security properly, and the email he reads at night about possible attack from the pirates makes him keep an eye over the radar and the crew ready if something happens. And finally he does see 2 boats approaching him.
Paul establishes the tension perfectly, first using the 'about to happen attack' theme, and then 'the people who are gonna attack' coming closer to the cargo ship minute by minute. Philips tries his level best to stop the boats, a scene where he fake calls in different voice to fool the leaders in the boat was super one. But, Muse right from first frame looked like a man who won't be stopped by any means.
As viewer we know they are eventually gonna make it on the ship, but the struggle they face due to Philips makes it exciting to watch.
The best part comes when Muse and his 3-4 men make their way on Philips ship, and try to make all the crew hostile. But, Philips tries playing games to make Muse and his men struggle and fall in trap.
The post life-boat parts initially slows down the action for a while, before the Navy comes into the action for talks with Muse who kidnapped Philips and demands millions of dollars in return.
In the pre-climax scenes, its hard to tell if Philips is gonna survive, he may get killed by Muse men or even the navy who are keen to target all the hijackers in life-boat.
Special mention to the jerky hand held camera moves, which added to the tension as a viewer.
Tom Hanks delivers an outstanding performance, the way he leads the crew in crisis calmly and almost got it done successully before Muse got him pushed into life-boat as hostage. He still keeps trying to negotiate or warn them, and occasionally look for way to run away. Infact, for first time he looks scared first when he gets into lifeboat as Muse asks him 'Captain you look scared, don't worry we won't harm you'. And later when he writes letter to his family, thinking he won't survive alive. His expressions in that last sequence was terrific, one of powerful and emotional scene to watch.
Barkhad Abdi as Muse does a fantastic work, he repeats one line a lot 'everything is gonna be okay', which eventually showed his scary side he wanted to not come out. And the scene where he demands authority over everyone 'I am the captain now'.
Overall, Captain Philips is a film that keeps you right on the edge of the seat from the moment Philips knows there could be a pirates attack issue. And a award worthy performance from Tom Hanks.
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/
Tom Hanks spectacular performance in an edge of the seat thriller.
Read at your own risk, the post may have some spoilers.
The director well known for the two Bourne Series films he did (Ultimatum and Supremacy), teams up with Tom Hanks for another edge of the seat thriller.
A true story about 2009 hijacking of U.S container ship Alabama, by a crew of Somali pirates. The officer on duty at the time of hijack is Captain Philips (Tom Hanks) while Muse (Barkhad Abdi) is the leader in the hijackers team.
After quickly establishing Philips personal life with a scene with his wife, and how Muse picks up his team for the job plus the reasons for them going after a hijacking.. we move to the ship sequence where Philips is shown as a careful captain checking all security properly, and the email he reads at night about possible attack from the pirates makes him keep an eye over the radar and the crew ready if something happens. And finally he does see 2 boats approaching him.
Paul establishes the tension perfectly, first using the 'about to happen attack' theme, and then 'the people who are gonna attack' coming closer to the cargo ship minute by minute. Philips tries his level best to stop the boats, a scene where he fake calls in different voice to fool the leaders in the boat was super one. But, Muse right from first frame looked like a man who won't be stopped by any means.
As viewer we know they are eventually gonna make it on the ship, but the struggle they face due to Philips makes it exciting to watch.
The best part comes when Muse and his 3-4 men make their way on Philips ship, and try to make all the crew hostile. But, Philips tries playing games to make Muse and his men struggle and fall in trap.
The post life-boat parts initially slows down the action for a while, before the Navy comes into the action for talks with Muse who kidnapped Philips and demands millions of dollars in return.
In the pre-climax scenes, its hard to tell if Philips is gonna survive, he may get killed by Muse men or even the navy who are keen to target all the hijackers in life-boat.
Special mention to the jerky hand held camera moves, which added to the tension as a viewer.
Tom Hanks delivers an outstanding performance, the way he leads the crew in crisis calmly and almost got it done successully before Muse got him pushed into life-boat as hostage. He still keeps trying to negotiate or warn them, and occasionally look for way to run away. Infact, for first time he looks scared first when he gets into lifeboat as Muse asks him 'Captain you look scared, don't worry we won't harm you'. And later when he writes letter to his family, thinking he won't survive alive. His expressions in that last sequence was terrific, one of powerful and emotional scene to watch.
Barkhad Abdi as Muse does a fantastic work, he repeats one line a lot 'everything is gonna be okay', which eventually showed his scary side he wanted to not come out. And the scene where he demands authority over everyone 'I am the captain now'.
Overall, Captain Philips is a film that keeps you right on the edge of the seat from the moment Philips knows there could be a pirates attack issue. And a award worthy performance from Tom Hanks.
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