Zavvi The Home of Pop CultureCaptain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U
S
Container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates
It is through director Paul Greengrass's distinctive lens simultaneously 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
And the Somali pirate captain
Muse
Who takes him hostage
Phillips and Muse are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and his crew target Phillips' unarmed ship