This is the Somali pirate version of a police procedural. The particulars of the story are fictional, but everything is realistic enough that it seems otherwise. The story
does not offer twists and turns, or any action —even the hijacking
itself takes place off camera, experienced from the point of view of the
Danish CEO being notified — but the slow buildup of tension on the part of
both the captives and their families
back home. The ransom negotiations are the main focus, a fascinating exercise in game theory. The CEO (Søren Malling), certainly the most memorable, and intense, character, heeds the advice of the negotiator he hires and lowballs the Somali negotiator (who denies that he himself is a pirate). But as time passes, and the captives suffer further deprivations, he must decide on his own course.
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viewed 6/20/13 7:30 at Ritz Bourse [PFS screening] and posted 11/2/13
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