Review of Captain Phillips (2013) by Scott W — 08 Dec 2015

It's hard to find much wrong with this movie. You know that Captain Phillips is going to make it out ok, but it is still tense throughout. I didn't know anything beyond that, so all the scenes where the pirates started yelling at each other and at the men on the ship were tense because you didn't know if they were going to start shooting.

I generally am not a big fan of shaky cam, but I think Greengrass uses it to good effect here, especially when they are on the lifeboat. Tom Hanks as always is great. It's not the easiest movie to watch but it will definitely hold your interest right through to the end.