Review of Captain Phillips (2013) by A T — 30 Apr 2014

It's one thing to do shaky cam in an action thriller, but on a boat, it just makes you feel seasick. There isn't really anything wrong with the acting here (unless you count Hanks losing his accent multiple times), and the two captains obviously are playing mind games with one another, but the story just feels way too over dramatized.

It wasn't as exciting as the true story, which is obviously the case with any adaptation, but it gets almost "Scooby Doo" cartoonish at times. The second half of the film is better than the first half, but it still feels like "A Bourne movie in the control room" placed at sea.

I mean if they just took out the one guy, the rest of the others just wanted to negotiate. It's sort of disappointing that it becomes Cast Away in a lifeboat.