Captain Phillips

Tom Hanks is probably the best actor of "my generation", though he's probably too old for me to claim that one. I jumped on board to catch his latest work that was trending VERY well on Rotten Tomatoes at 95%. It's best to not know much about this story heading into it, since I thoroughly enjoyed not knowing what was going to happen during the pirate takeover. Hanks plays the ship captain of a freight ship transporting food stuffs and other boring items to war-torn African nations. Not sure if that's true at all, but it plays the sympathy cord. Hanks' ship is overtaken by 4 poorly clothed, but decently armed with AK-47's and a few pistols, Somali pirates. Hanks is shown as a hero who constantly tries to protect his crew and get the pirates off his ship. Though this may not be true in the real story (from the little I have heard since the crew is suing the studio who made this) it gives Hanks more screen time, which is all that matters. I don't want to tell too much, but there's some struggles and interesting moments along the way leading to a 30 minute slow-building climax. Keep yourself in the dark about the real story and enjoy this very well done film. Bottom Line; 7.9 out of 10. I really enjoyed the movie and it is very well done. From the Somali pirates, to the crew, to the equipment & military members, it's all just very well done. Rock solid throughout, so it's probably worth $10 bucks to see in the cinemas to enjoy it because it's rather impressive on the big screen. The ocean scenes are very well done.