Captain Phillips



Captain Phillips stars Tom Hanks in the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

This was a really intense movie. The direction kept you on the edge of your seat the whole time and it was great to see Tom Hanks back in a role that you could really get behind and care about. Even knowing how the story was going to play out because of it being a true story didn't remotely make you more comfortable with how the story was playing out simply because the level of intensity and especially the filming style in the cramped space of the life boat thing.

I absolutely recommend people checking this movie out. It's definitely one of the best movies of the year and a great return to true prominence for Tom Hanks as far as I'm concerned.