Originally Posted by Sarah_Jayne

One of the best films I have seen this year is a Danish film (with much of it in English) called A Hijacking which also deals with a Somali pirate taking of a ship. It was really good and I was worried this was going to be a watered down Hollywood telling of a similar story.

They were different films, with Captain Philips being more about the physical demands on the crew and the Hijacking being more about the negotiations that go on off the ship during the hijacking. They were both good though the Hijacking is still better to my tastes.