A Hijacking (2013)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Movie about Steve J. Rogers on an internet message board? No, it's hijinx on the high seas when Somali Pirates capture a Danish merchant ship followed by tense negotiations between the pirates and the shipping company's CEO. See if you can spot who the real criminals are! (rated arrrrrrr!)

[Vic Sage]

they've remade CAPTAIN PHILLIPS already?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I actually think this one came first, and is a Danish flick.

One of the cool things this film does is subtitle the Danish conversations. The negotiations take place in English, but filmmakers leave the pirates' language un-translated, sort of hammering home the sailors sense of disorientation as it all goes on.

I haven't seen Cap'n Phillips. Is it any good?

[Vic Sage]

Don't know, don't care... the might of the US Navy against four starving guys in a row boat, and i'm supposed to cheer for the battleships?
Pass.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yeah this one is more of a fair fight.

I should mention this was memorable and affecting.