A Hijacking
2012 · Movie · R · 103 min · ★ 6.8 · 89% critics
After a Danish cargo ship is seized by Somali pirates, the crew is held in cramped, frightening conditions while the company back home tries to secure their release. As weeks stretch into months, tense phone calls and hard bargaining expose the human cost of every decision, with fear and pressure rising on both sides.
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Details
- Original title
- Kapringen
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-02-29
- Language
- Danish
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 89/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (294 votes)
- Box office
- $2,688,444
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, realistic hostage drama focused on drawn-out negotiations and emotional strain, closer in feel to The Guilty or Locke; Not for you if you need fast action or an uplifting tone.
Pros: gripping realism; constant simmering tension; strong performances | Cons: very little action; slow, talky pacing; bleak, heavy mood
Themes
- denmark
- psychology
- hijacking
- murder
- pirate
- cargo ship
- negotiation
- fax
- indian ocean
Awards & recognition
- Bodil Award — Best Danish Film · 2013
- Robert Award — Best Danish Film · 2013
Cast & crew
Pilou Asbæk
as Mikkel Hartmann
Søren Malling
as Peter C. Ludvigsen
Dar Salim
as Lars Vestergaard
Roland Møller
as Jan Sørensen
- GP
Gary Skjoldmose Porter
as Connor Julian
- AA
Abdihakin Asgar
as Omar
Amalie Ihle Alstrup
as Maria Hartmann
- AA
Amalie Vulff Andersen
as Kamilla Hartmann
Linda Laursen
as Anette Ludvigsen
- KP
Keith Pearson
as Kaptajn
Directed by Tobias Lindholm