Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.
It's an unshowy, quietly intense drama with grace notes in every scene -- and a hellish punch.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
16 Dec 2013
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A high-seas hostage-taking and resulting negotiations are absorbingly dramatized in this low-key Venice standout from Denmark's hottest new writer-director.
– Neil Young,
Hollywood Reporter,
16 Dec 2013
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A nail-biter of a thriller that eschews conventional thrills, Tobias Lindholm's verite-like tale of a Danish cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates is rivetingly low-key.
– Geoff Pevere,
Globe and Mail,
16 Aug 2013
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A finely spun tale that eschews sensationalism to focus on the human toll on the captives, their families and their employers back home.
– Bruce Demara,
Toronto Star,
15 Aug 2013
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This isn't an action picture; it's a picture about the suspense and terror of inaction.