This is a good, entertaining, and engaging film if you can get past some of the problems with it. Firstly (and this is a big one), I cannot get past the fact that they are knowingly going into Somali, pirate infested waters off the coast of Africa and nobody.....not one person, has a gun on board. Not even a single shot handgun!!??........NADA!!......Nothing....zero!!. It stands to reason to me that a ship carrying millions of dollars worth of goods, knowing that pirates are a reality in these waters (and being forewarned!), would not have a few individuals....crew or hired security that could defend the ship against these attacks. If that were a reality and being high above the water, these goons would never have had a chance to board and take control of the ship. Sounds logical no??!!.
If you can move past that fact, the rest of the film is pretty good. There are other dumb aspects of the film, but by this point, you tend to ignore them. Tom Hanks does a great job as the captain (Although at times he's annoying!) but the main character and the one that steals the show is the head of the Pirate team known as "The Muse" (Barkhad Abdi). An inexperienced, yet confident Pirate who unfortunately doesn't really know what he's doing.....but tries to make it 'look' like he does.
Tensions rise to a dramatic climax to this engaging film, despite it's 'dumb' moments.
7/10 stars for an entertaining movie!
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