Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates.
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Director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy) delivers another intense, emotionally exhausting thriller with amazing verite camerawork and gut-wrenching realism. Smack in the middle is Tom Hanks in a career-crowning performance as a worldly sea captain taken hostage by Somali pirates. Even as Greengrass' signature kinetic style renders us nearly seasick and emotionally spent from the action, it's the work of Hanks that makes this film unforgettable. - Four stars