Top billed cast

1. 

   Tom Hanks

   Captain Richard Phillips

2. 

   Barkhad Abdi

   Muse

3. 

   Barkhad Abdirahman

   Bilal

4. 

   Faysal Ahmed

   Najee

5. 

   Mahat M. Ali

   Elmi

6. 

   Michael Chernus

   Shane Murphy

7. 

   David Warshofsky

   Mike Perry

8. 

   Corey Johnson

   Ken Quinn

9. 

   Chris Mulkey

   John Cronan

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Reviews

A review by kineticandroid

Written by kineticandroid on 2014-06-21

Allow me to start with what you likely have already read — this film is well-crafted and tense procedural about a true story. The fact that I still found it tense and exciting, even when I already knew the ending (including the oft-mentioned Captain Phillips ending scene) is a high compliment.

So why tell this story? I took it as a meditation on powerlessness, a film that didn't deal with heroes or villains, only victims. There's a shipping crew that is easily sought out by pirates, and there are the pirates that ultimately fail. In either case, it's not as if either side feels in control...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$55,000,000.00

Revenue
$218,791,811.00

Keywords

• ship
• africa
• fisherman
• hijacking
• somalia
• based on true story
• poverty
• pirate
• terrorism
• commando
• cargo ship
• ship hijacking
• somali
• set in africa