Tom Hanks best movie??? Hmm. Good question. I dunno. I won’t know until I do more Tom Hanks movies, but this is currently the clubhouse leader. TRUE STORY ALERT. You know I love it. And what a story it is.
Tom Cruise plays a cargo ship captain whose ship gets hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. These pirates are not nearly equipped to hijack an American ship this size and not nearly smart enough but the desperate life you live in Somalia causes them to try. This is the premise of the movie.
Two amazing acting jobs. Tom Hanks fun fact, in the rescue scene, freestyled that. It is one of the most powerful scenes in movie history and he freaking freestyled in. Incredible.
Barkhard Abdi does just an incredible job portraying not only what the life of a very poor Somalian pirate is but brining such a human-ness to his situation, I end up actually feeling really bad and sorry for him. The cat and mouse relationship that builds between them is brilliant too. I love this movie and can rewatch it any time. It is an EXCELLENT FREAKING FILM. That is a review.