The second of our double-feature: Captain Phillips. I wasn't looking forward to watching this movie as I'm pretty much an anti-fan of Tom Hanks. It also seemed to be another "isn't America great" movie and I'm really tired of those. I'll admit, I was pleasantly surprised. CP was paced like an action movie, complete with nail-biting suspence. It's too bad that we knew the Cap was going to make it, because that would have made it a little more compelling... alas, the constraints of non-fiction. There was some attempt to illustrate the desperation which would drive young men into piracy, which I appreciated. The real revelation, though, is the acting debut of Barkhad Abdi, who was pretty fantastic. He was clearly the bad guy, but I was kinda cheering for him. I mean, he led three guys with a motorboat and a soldered-together ladder and they were able to neutralise a twenty-man crew on a huge cargo ship. And then, they took on not one, not two, but three US Navy ships. I couldn't help but root for them a little, and hope they would make it out. So well done.
But, it's still a rah-rah-Go-America movie with Tom Hanks playing every other role you've ever seen him in. So, I can only really give it 3.5 out of 5 stars. Still a good movie. Just not Oscar-calibre.
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