A thriller that has viewers on the sting of their seats has now been added to a brand new streaming platform.
The 2013 action-thriller movie, based mostly on the real-life story of an American service provider mariner who was taken hostage off the coast of the Horn of Africa, was tailored from the primary character’s autobiography and experiences in regards to the ordeal that occurred in 2009.
Captain Richard Phillips (performed by Tom Hanks) was ordered to command the unarmed container vessel MV Maersk Alabama from a port in Oman to Mombasa, Kenya, by way of the Guardafui Channel.
Aware of pirate actions across the space, the captain and his First Officer (performed by Michael Chernus), put security protocols in place, however are shortly intercepted by Somali pirates in two skiffs.
The plot then focuses on the boys’s process to save lots of their crew and vessel from the rising risk, in addition to the tense negotiations between Phillips and the pirate chief, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), culminating in an emotional rescue mission.
The movie was pitched by Columbia Pictures simply weeks after the real-life rescue of Captain Phillips, and filming passed off off the coast of Malta in an actual ship an identical to the Maersk Alabama.
Its solid additionally included Catherine Keener as Phillips’ spouse, Andrea, David Warshofsky as chief engineer Mike Perry, Corey Johnson as helmsman Ken Quinn, and Chris Mulkey as senior crew member John Cronan.
Upon launch, the movie was an instantaneous success, grossing a worldwide complete of $218.8 million in opposition to its price range of simply $55 million.
Captain Phillips was a important success, incomes a 93% rating on the overview platform Rotten Tomatoes, the place followers proceed to rave about its affect.
“‘I’m the captain now’ was bone-chilling. This movie is high-anxiety from start to finish,” an fanatic wrote. “The performances are so brilliant that I have no desire to watch this film again.”
One merely added, “I thought Captain Phillips was absolutely perfect,” whereas one other referred to as it “one of the most intense movies I’ve seen with Tom Hanks portraying a character so convincingly. Brilliantly directed, great cinematography, and the whole cast excels in character. Highly recommended.”
“If you don’t like this movie, you need to ask some serious questions of yourself,” a fourth posed.
Captain Phillips was nominated for 4 Golden Globe Awards and 9 British Academy Film Awards – for which Abdi gained Best Supporting Actor. The movie additionally acquired six Academy Award nominations, and was included in a number of critics’ lists of the most effective films of 2013.
Captain Phillips is now out there for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
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