Sunday, July 25, 2021

In the shadow of all the president's men

I don't know do I truly want to find out whether this was based on actual events. Anyways, a wanna-be journalist comes up with an ingenious idea to make a story of the most dangerous thing he can muster. A trip to Somalia and interview the pirates who capture foreign vessels for living. Weirdly, the movie is almost a comedy thanks to the lively character Jay Bahadur performed by Evan Peters, yet there's the volatile issue of piracy, people are dying and no-one's taking Somalia's side. Kind of a distant cousin of Captain Phillips, different narrative, but really quite good.

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