Coinciding with The Bourne Bourne 5 finally returning to the domestic hit, film director Paul Greengrass once again entered the attention of Chinese audiences with his extremely strong personal style and became a hot topic. In fact, in the days after the completion of the third film in 2007, he also had some other very good films. Today's talk about "Captain Philip" is one of them that should not be missed.
The film "Captain Philip" is an adventure drama directed by Paul Greenglass , starring famous Hollywood actors Tom Hanks , Bahad Abdi, Fassel Ahmed and Catherine Keener .
The film is based on true events that took place in 2009. The US freighter "Maersk Alabama" was hijacked by four pirates armed with AK47 submachine guns in the waters of Somalia in Africa, and captain Richard Philip was taken away from the merchant ship as a hostage. Four days later, the U.S. Navy fleet killed three of the robbers, captured one alive, and rescued the captain.
The domineering style of Green Grass director Paul Greengrass, you have already seen it all in the Bourne movie series. The lens language is sharp and restless dangling to increase the tension of the audience, but the multi-angle narrative can make people feel Chaos, fast and dexterous editing, but the soundtrack is just right, not overwhelming, this film can be said to perfectly present these characteristics of him.
As a relatively rare film showing the theme of Somali pirates, this film is completely based on real events. Captain Philip played by Oscar winner Tom Hanks is indeed very skillful, especially the scene where he underwent a medical examination after being rescued, the kind of complicated emotions He was also nominated for the Best Actor Oscar that year for this role.
The actors of the pirates are pure amateur actors. After careful training by the director, they all performed well, especially the one who played the little pirate leader who looked like Ronaldinho. Moreover, the director of Green Grass did not let Tom Hanks and the pirate actors meet before the start of the game, in order to capture the most authentic reaction of the actors at the moment of meeting. It turns out that the effect is amazing!
At the same time, the film also analyzes the causes of Somali pirates from the side. Due to the fatal impact of modern industrial civilization on the fishing industry in Somalia, a large number of local fishermen have lost their jobs. Simple: earn money for a living, and have no intention of hurting anyone. Moreover, their psychological dream, like many others, is to one day go to the United States.
As the hard work of the director of Green Grass, this film is above the standard, and it is excellent in all aspects, especially the contrast of the tense atmosphere of the pirates and the details of the US Navy's rescue plan.
At the same time, people have to feel the strong global combat capability of the US Navy and the strong sense of pride and belonging as an American citizen. To use the entire aircraft carrier formation to rescue an ordinary person, this is really hard to pretend. If the domestic main theme can be photographed at this level, the audience will definitely join in the theater.
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