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By Ethan Alter (997) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 20 Jun 2013

A Hijacking accomplishes a tricky task, generating tension through talk rather than action…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 20 Jun 2013

We're impatient for action, any kind of action - but preferably the sort that involves a team of Navy SEALs, maybe led by Dwayne Johnson…

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By Leonard Maltin (609) for leonardmaltin.com (584) on 20 Jun 2013

Moment by moment we find ourselves wondering what will happen next…

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By Oliver Lyttelton (141) for The Playlist (3,871) on 19 Jun 2013

The film isn’t a white knuckle ride, and the pacing can be slow at times, but this is one of those cases where that’s sort of the point,…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 19 Jun 2013

No mainstream American thriller could ever be made about this subject that resisted simple-minded narrative clichés the way A Hijacking does,…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 19 Jun 2013

A Hijacking is as lean, focused and to the point as its title…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 19 Jun 2013

Rarely leaning on the weepy families back home, this briskly paced triumph maintains a clear focus on human costs, with hope slipping away…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for Film.com (1,892) on 19 Jun 2013

A Hijacking isn’t boring, but it is not an adventure film – it is a frustratingly realistic take on the unfortunate modern threat of piracy,…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for AV Club (2,778) on 19 Jun 2013

While the improvisatory movement of the camera helps create a sense of ambiguous tension in the scenes where the crew interacts with the pirates,…

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By Jon Frosch (191) for France24 (78) on 18 Jun 2013

More than a meticulously detailed, convincing re-staging of a crisis, the film is also the portrait of two men doing their best amid dire…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 14 Jun 2013

This riveting sea drama look so realistic you might swear that the Danes hired real Somali pirates…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 14 Jun 2013

Tobias Lindholm's hostage-negotiation drama wields its verité style for maximum tension…

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By Sam Bathe (186) for Fan The Fire (489) on 11 Jun 2013

In his almost documentary style of filmmaking, Lindholm has achieved an impressive sense of realism and you can certainly see why the film…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 05 Jun 2013

What we have here is a gripping story rather dryly told, a somewhat frustrating essay on Scandinavian passivity without the pathos of the similarly…

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By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 23 May 2013

It's at its best when it mixes heartfelt moments into the unimaginable hell of being held captive in such a confined space on board an already…

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By Matt Donato (975) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 22 May 2013

Not enough filmmakers make use of pirate culture like Tobias Lindholm does in A Highjacking…

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By Henry Fitzherbert (699) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 15 May 2013

There's no moralizing here, just unsparing realism…

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By Trevor Johnston (624) for Radio Times (2,421) on 15 May 2013

The results are gripping, with the action growing increasingly tense as gun-toting violence looms…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Shadows on the Wall (2,096) on 14 May 2013

Adept filmmaking and a clever two-perspective approach make this film urgent and involving, even when the narrative structure falters…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 09 May 2013

Without resorting to graphic violence or melodrama A Hijacking builds into an extremely tense tale with all the nail-biting immediacy of an…

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