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Sunday, December 1, 2013

"A Hijacking"  4
 
Abdi Rashid Yusuf and Pilou Asbæk in "A Hijacking (Kapringen)", Tobias Lindholm's drama from Denmark.  Magnolia Pictures
       
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Sunday, December 1, 2013

A tense, nerve-shredding high seas drama, the Danish film "A Hijacking (Kapringen)" unfolds without the conventional cues you'd expect in a movie.  Tobias Lindholm paces this film magnificently with authentic, genuine twists and turns that evolve out of the tenuous moments of real everyday life.  A ship in the Indian Ocean has been hijacked by Somali pirates.  A negotiating team in Copenhagen engages in talks with the pirates to release the ship's engineer and its cook (Pilou Asbæk), who longs to see his wife and kids again.  Well-acted, suspenseful and nuanced, "A Hijacking" kept me on edge wondering what would come next.  A traumatic, thoughtful and very smart film, "A Hijacking", which opened several months before, exceeds "Captain Phillips" in many respects, and the latter is based on a true story. 
 
Released June 2013.  Rated R.  One hour 43 minutes.  Distributor: Magnolia Pictures

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