EXCLUSIVE: Check out Tom Hanks' pirate thriller 'Captain Phillips'

"They're not here to fish" - cast and director talk about 'Captain Phillips', the new thriller based on the 2009 hijacking of a US container ship by Somali pirates

Thanks to Sony Pictures UK & Ireland we've an exclusive look at the new Tom Hanks' thriller 'Captain Phillips', based on the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates.

Directed by Paul Greengrass it's described as "a pulse-pounding thriller, and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globalization".

The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama's commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (two time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks), and the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage.

Watch Hanks, Greengrass and Abdi talk about the film in the exclusive featurette below:

(Sony Pictures via YouTube)

'Captain Phillips' opens in Irish cinemas on Friday.

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