
Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Please note the UV copy is only compatible in participating regions please visit the UV website for full details Tom Hanks stars in this drama directed by Paul Greengrass based on the real life hijacking of a US cargo ship by Somali pirates The Maersk Alabama became the first US cargo ship to be hijacked in 200 years when heavily armed Somalis boarded the vessel on the 8th of April 2009 As commander of the ship Captain Richard Phillips (Hanks) inevitably found himself at the heart of events Held hostage by the pirates under the command of Muse (Barkhad Abdi) Phillips attempts to protect both his crew & ship to the best of his ability However as the drama plays out & Phillips spends more time in the company of his Somali captors he gradually comes to realise that they have a story too Far from the greedy heartless thugs of pirate lore the Somalis may well represent the forces of globalisation as surely as the Maersk Alabama
- the underside With the stakes high the crisis intensifies & someone will have to pay the price