Movie review for Captain Philips

The Great Phillips

    The first actor is Tom Hanks and he played Captain Richard Philips. He did a great job portraying all the different emotions that Philips was most likely feeling when the pirates hijacked their ship. This then brings me to Barkhad Abdi, playing as Muse, the captain of the pirates. Abdi also played this role good, he made it feel as if I was on the ship also, he made everything seem so real and he had my heart beating fast sometimes because I didn't know what his next move was going to be. The next actor is Faysal Ahmed, playing as Najee, I thought of him as a co-captain for the pirates, he had Muse's back the whole time. 

    The plot of Captain Phillips is Richard Phillips takes the command job of the Maesrk Alabama. Captain and the first officer Shane were ordering practice drills while doing one, they got chased by Somali pirates in to skiffs. Phillip knows that the pirates are listening to the radio traffic so he pretends to call a warship, during that time one of the skiffs turns around and goes back. The next day, the final pirates finally get close enough so the hook a ladder to the side of the Maersk Alabama. Phillip then tells his crew to hid in the engine room and the pirates capture Phillips and Shane. Phillip tries to give the pirates $30,000 but they want millions of dollars. Phillip takes Muse and Bilal to search the ship and the Chief Engineer turns the power off to the ship. When they get to the engine room, Bilal isn't wearing shoes and cuts his foot on glass that the crew had put out. Bilal then can't walk and Muse gets mad but continues searching. The crew attacks Muse and tells him to get into a lifeboat to get the rest of the pirates off the boat. the pirates won't release Phillips and the lifeboat takes off with Phillips on board with them. One of the pirates get frustrated. and wants to kill Phillips but they can't because they have to keep him safe to give to their boss. The pirates end up in a problem with the Navy SEALS. 

    I would give this movie a 9 out of 10. It had good details and the line up was good. All of the actors portrayed their parts good, so it helped the movie seem more real. The audience for this movie would be for teens and older, little kids might get scared and they wouldn't understand what was happening.