Captain Phillips
7.5/10
Rating
134 min
Runtime
2013
Release Year
Paul Greengrass
Director
Cast
Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, Mahat M. Ali
Quick Synopsis
Captain Richard Phillips was the captain of the MV Maersk Alabama, a US-flagged cargo ship that was hijacked in 2009 by Somali pirates off the coast of Somalia. This event marked the first time in two hundred years that an American cargo ship was taken over by pirates. The story follows the hijacking incident and the efforts to resolve the crisis.
Detailed Synopsis of Captain Phillips
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.
