Captain Phillips
Out here survival is everything.
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A tense, procedurally grounded thriller about survival and human desperation that builds relentless suspense from a real maritime crisis.
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.
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