The film's real muscle - intelligently never over-flexed - is as an allegory in the balance of global power and the value of life.
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This review of Captain Phillips (2013) was written by Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and published by Metro (UK) on 05 Sep 2017.
Captain Phillips has generally received very positive reviews.
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