This exciting action movie is based on the true story of what happened in 2009 when the big ship on the Mersk line was boarded by Somali pirates.

Tom Hanks plays the captain of the ship who ended up on a life craft with the pirates as the Navy Seals and the U.S. Navy came to rescue him. His survival was truly a miracle.

It was amazing how dumb the pirates were. If they would have given up they would have gone to jail in the U.S. which is like heaven compared to their existence as portrayed in Somalia. Only one pirate survived because he came off the life craft to negotiate with tribal elders - a ruse concocted by the Navy.

the action in this. There were no boring parts. We got it from Netflix to watch. Tom Hanks is wonderful as always, but so is everyone in the cast.

root for it at the Oscars since it's the only Oscar nominated film I've seen so far this year.

is excellent.

the guys who play the Somali pirates are so believable and so is the whole cast. This is a longish movie, but I never got bored and my mind never wandered to other pastures. Tom Hanks gives quite a performance.

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