Story Line
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
“Out here survival is everything.”
Top Cast
Tom Hanks
Captain Richard Phillips
Barkhad Abdi
Muse
Barkhad Abdirahman
Bilal
Faysal Ahmed
Najee
Mahat M. Ali
Elmi
Michael Chernus
Shane Murphy
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Rating
7.5/ 10
Release Date
2013-10-10
Runtime
2h 14m
Genres
ActionDramaThriller
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User Reviews (6)
kineticandroid
No rating•6/21/2014
Allow me to start with what you likely have already read — this film is well-crafted and tense procedural about a true story. The fact that I still found it tense and exciting, even when I already knew the ending (including the oft-mentioned Captain ...
Andres Gomez
8/10
•8/16/2015Well done movie, good script and exceptional performances. Specially by Hanks and Abdi but also the rest of the pirates crew.
Hanks could have won the Oscar for this one.
DoryDarko
10/10
•2/19/2017Let me begin by saying that Captain Phillips, as an action film, turned out to be much more than I had initially anticipated. I was expecting half drama / half moderate action film with likely a good dash of political hopscotch. It's probably a good ...
The Movie Mob
7/10
•10/20/2022**Tension and chaos flood from incredible performances, making Captain Phillip’s powerful story riveting and compelling.**
Captain Phillips is a tense fast-paced movie about a heroic captain saving lives and battling for his survival from pirates ...