Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) takes command of the MV Maersk Alabama, an unarmed container ship from the Port of Salalah inOman,
with orders to sail through the Gulf of Aden to Mombasa in the African Great Lakes region.
Wary of pirate activity off the coast of the Horn of Africa, he and First Officer Shane Murphy (Michael
Chernus) order strict security precautions on the vessel and carry out practice
drills. During a drill, the vessel is chased by Somali pirates in two skiffs,
and Phillips calls for help. Knowing that the pirates are listening to radio
traffic, he pretends to answer the call and to promise immediate air support.
One skiff turns around in response, and the other loses engine power trying to
steer through the Alabama's wake.
The next day one of the skiffs, fitted with both outboard
engines, returns with four heavily armed pirates led by Abduwali Muse(Barkhad Abdi). Despite the best efforts of Phillips and his
crew, the pirates secure their ladder to the Maersk Alabama. As they
board, Phillips tells the crew to hide in the engine room and allows himself to
be captured. He offers Muse the $30,000 in the ship's safe, but Muse's orders
are to ransom the ship and crew in exchange for millions of
dollars of insurance money from the shipping company. While they search the
ship, Murphy sees that the youngest pirate Bilal (Barkhad Abdirahman) does not
have sandals and tells the crew to line the engine room hallway with broken
glass. Chief Engineer Mike Perry (David Warshofsky) cuts power to the ship, plunging the lower
decks into darkness. Bilal cuts his feet when they reach the engine room, and
Muse continues to search alone. The crew members ambush Muse and arrange to
release him into a lifeboat to get the intruders off the ship. However, the
pirates refuse to release Phillips, and the lifeboat launches with all five of
them on board.
As the lifeboat heads for the shore, tensions flare
between the pirates as they run low on the herb stimulant khat and
lose contact with their mother ship. Najee (Faysal Ahmed) becomes agitated and tries to convince the
others to kill Phillips. They are later intercepted by the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Bainbridge. The Bainbridge 's
captain Frank Castellano(Yul Vazquez) is ordered to prevent the pirates from reaching
the mainland by whatever means necessary. Even when additional ships arrive,
Muse asserts that he has come too far and will not surrender. The negotiators
are unable to change his mind and a DEVGRU SEAL team parachutes
in to intervene.
While three SEAL marksmen get into positions, Castellano
and the SEALs continue to try to find a peaceful solution, eventually taking
the lifeboat under tow. Muse agrees to board the Bainbridge, when he is
told that his clan elders have arrived to negotiate Phillips's ransom. In the
lifeboat, Najee decides to take full control; the pirates tie up Phillips and
blindfold him, and the Bainbridge 's crew stops the tow. As Phillips is
about to be executed, the marksmen get three clear shots and simultaneously kill
the pirates. On board the Bainbridge, Muse is taken into custody and arrested
for piracy. Phillips is rescued and treated. He is in shock and disoriented,
but he thanks the rescue team for saving his life.
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