Capitгўn Phillips | (2013)

: The film brilliantly juxtaposes the massive, industrial scale of the American container ship with the tiny, fragile skiffs used by the pirates.

: By filming on open water rather than in a studio tank, Greengrass captures a level of authenticity that makes every wave and engine roar feel immediate. Tom Hanks: The Anatomy of a Hero CapitГЎn Phillips (2013)

: Phillips isn’t a soldier; he’s a merchant mariner doing his job. Hanks plays him with a stoic, pragmatic intelligence. : The film brilliantly juxtaposes the massive, industrial

Released over a decade ago, Paul Greengrass’s remains one of the most visceral and technically proficient thrillers of the 21st century. Starring Tom Hanks in a career-defining performance, the film dramatizes the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates. Hanks plays him with a stoic, pragmatic intelligence

: The film’s final minutes—showing Phillips in shock during a medical exam—is arguably the greatest scene of Hanks’s career. It captures the raw, messy reality of trauma in a way rarely seen in Hollywood. Barkhad Abdi’s Breakout