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The Pirates of Somalia: Directed by Bryan Buckley. With Al Pacino, Evan Peters, Melanie Griffith, Barkhad Abdi. In 2008, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur forms a half-baked plan to embed himself with the pirates of Somalia. He ultimately succeeds in providing the first close-up look into who these men are, how they live, and the forces that drive ...
3/10. Not really. borbatr-1 18 January 2018. The movie dedicates from 3 - 5 minutes of dialogue to explain something of Somalia history, culture and situation. Throughout the rest of it, it tells the story of a prepotent journalist trying to make a career out of another country situation.
About this movie. When rookie journalist Jay Bahadur (Peters) has an inspiring chance encounter with his idol (Pacino), he uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer (Abdi), he attempts to embed himself with the local Somali pirates, only to find himself quickly in over his head.
An ambitious young journalist embeds himself with a dangerous band of pirates in Somalia to get an unfiltered investigative perspective. He succeeds in providing the first close-up look into who these men are, how they live, and the forces that drive them, but his inexperience might be life-threatening. Drama 2017 1 hr 57 min. 67%. R.
Dec 6, 2017 · Earning his first Oscar nomination for 2014’s Captain Phillips —another feature centering on Somali pirates—Abdi has never met an actual Somali pirate, or so he says, though he was able to ...
Dec 8, 2017 · The Pirates Of Somalia, based on investigative reporter Jay Bahadur’s (played outstandingly by Evan Peters) semi-eponymous book, portrays both sides of the conflict in war-torn Somalia: the new democracy and the old views, which hold the pirates in high regards as the protectors of Somalia. It’s a violent struggle for power that Bahadur ...
