Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips, 2013. Somali pirates try to hijack a cargo ship.

Directed by Paul Greengrass. Written by Billy Ray, based on a book by Richard Phillips & Stephan Talty. Starring Tom Hanks & Barkhad Abdi.

Concept: 4/4 (Great)
Story: 4/4 (Great)
Characters: 4/4 (Great)
Dialog: 4/4 (Great)
Pacing: 4/4 (Great)
Cinematography: 3/4 (Good)
Special effects/design: 3/4 (Good)
Acting: 4/4 (Great)
Music: 3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 8/10 (Great, 4/4). As suspense, it's a pretty great film - exciting, tense, and intelligent. And then there's the final scene - one of the most powerful scenes I've ever seen. Hanks transforms the movie from just an expertly crafted thriller into one of the rare handful of films that I'm sure I'll never forget.
Objective Rating (Average): 3.7/4 (Great)