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Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips (2013)

PG-13 2h 14m 7.7/10 IMDb
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The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Director: Paul Greengrass

Cast: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, Mahat M. Ali

Content Warnings

Other

Kidnapping / abduction

Phobias & Sensory

Confined spaces (claustrophobia)

Violence & Physical Harm

Gun violence
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