Captain Phillips movie review/ Take a dive into Captain Phillips

Take a dive into Captain Phillips

The movie Captain Phillips is a suspenseful story that is based on a real life event. It involves American sailors sailing a boat past the horn of Africa, and pirates that are trying to take over the ship. The main characters of the movie are Captain Phillips, Shane Murphy, Najee, Elmi, the SEAL commander and Muse. Tom Hanks does a fabulous job of playing Captain Phillips. He is in character the whole time, and in my opinion he even looks like the real Captain Phillips. The actor Barkhad Abdi also did a miraculous job playing Muse. The movie was very intense and contained a lot of fast paced scenes, so all the actors did a great job with keeping the intensity up. Michael Chernus played the role of Shane Murphy, Faysal Ahmed played the role of Najee, Mahat M. Ali played the role of Elmi, and Max Martini played the role of the SEAL commander.

The plot of the story was put together really well. The movie starts with Captain Phillips going to his ship, so no time is wasted. After examining the ship they sailors set off on their voyage. Enough time is put into the introduction so you get background information, but the movie speed up very quickly. The sailors first spot the pirates about 15 or 20 minutes into the movie. There are a few slow parts through out the movie, but in the end it is all worth it. The Captain Phillips and his men on the ship Maersk Alabama quickly get into their positions to fight off the pirates. After chasing for a while the pirates' engine blows out, but they are quick to return, and succeed. The crew on the Maersk Alabama devise a plan to try scare the pirates away. It works well on all the pirates, except one, Elmi. The crew then gets them to leave, but they steal Captain Phillips, so then the navy is instructed about the incident. They are then put in charge to get Captain Phillips back home alive. The problem is the pirates have sailed to dangerous territory for the navy, if they just kill them then America would be in danger of the Somalians trying to get revenge.

The director of the movie puts the scenes together in a montage, which creates a very suspenseful mood. This is because the angles of the shots are moving during a scene so you cannot see everything creating suspense. I thought this tactic was very well for the movie because it helped set the mood. This movie is definitely not for viewers who are looking for a happy romantic comedy. This movie is for the hard core action lovers who love suspense that just keeps building up. This movie overall was very good. It is not a movie to be taken lightly especially because it is a real life story. When I heard about the movie I was not excited, but I was corrected after the movie. This movie kept my adrenaline running the whole time. Throughout the entire movie I was on the edge of my seat. The movie also does an amazing job of making you forget about the reality you are in. During the scene on the lifeboat I was totally unaware of my surroundings, and it felt like I was on the boat with the pirates and Captain Phillips. What I took from the movie that was a lesson or theme to me in a way was that desperation can lead people to do really stupid things even if they don't feel comfortable  doing those stupid things.

A rating I feel appropriate for this movie is a 3.5 stars out of 5