Movie Title : A Hijacking
Release Date : Jun 21, 2013 Limited Genre Movie :Mystery & Suspense
Actors :Amalie Ihle Alstrup,Johan Philip Asbæk,Ole Dupont,Søren Malling,Roland Møller,Abdihakin Asgar,Dar Salim,Gary Skjoldmose Port...,Pilou Asbaek,Ronald MollerMpaa Rating : R
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Critics Ranting For A Hijacking : 7.9Critics Percentage For A Hijacking : 95 %
User Ranting Movie A Hijacking : 3.8
User Count Like for A Hijacking : 11,688
Review For Movie A Hijacking
A nail-biter of a thriller that eschews conventional thrills, Tobias Lindholm's verité-like tale of a Danish cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates is rivetingly low-key.Geoff Pevere-Globe and Mail
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
This isn't an action picture; it's a picture about the suspense and terror of inaction.
Tom Long-Detroit News
Gripping and tightly focused.
J. R. Jones-Chicago Reader
Lindholm rations the meat and potatoes of plot to keep us captive at the bargaining table. It's a sadistic ploy that produces a real payoff.
Joe Williams-St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A Hijacking is one of those perfect films that crop up every few years to prove that with true artistry, even the most exhausted genre can yield something new, rich, and strange.
Tirdad Derakhshani-Philadelphia Inquirer
Grim but well-executed gripping fictionalized hostage thriller.
Dennis Schwartz-Ozus' World Movie Reviews
This is a taut, tense look into all sides of a hostage negotiation, as well as a hijacking situation. It is very precisely constructed.
Robert Roten-Laramie Movie Scope
In his screenwriting, Tobias Lindholm has shown strong instincts for masculine melodrama and a knack for plot twists. As a director, though, he may still be getting his sea legs.
Jonathan Robbins-Film Comment Magazine
While the drama functions with a thriller's intensity, a cat-and-mouse game played with dollars and automatic weapons, it's really a study in contrasts.
Thelma Adams-Yahoo! Movies
Lindholm's script presents the hijacking as a problem with no obvious solutions and harrowing human consequences.
Margot Harrison-Seven Days
If only more movies could slip social messages into their stories as deftly as A Hijacking does.
Christian Toto-Big Hollywood
Real tension in a film that puts its characters to the test
Robert Denerstein-Movie Habit
Playing out as much in the boardrooms of the Danish parent company as it is on the cargo vessel itself, the film is a real eye-opener: when this stuff happens, there's no-one to call for help ... A Hijacking is an exercise in precise filmmaking.
CJ Johnson-ABC Radio (Australia)
This is a film where we should be on the edge of our seat as we wait to see what will happen next. There are lives hanging in the balance, but from the way the situation is presented in the film, you'd hardly think that anything is wrong.
Jeff Beck-Examiner.com
Absorbing, realistic, non-sensationalist drama.
Jim Schembri-3AW
It may sound like an odd recommendation but A Hijacking is brilliant precisely because of the skilful way it makes you feel engaged, unwell, anxious and terrified all at once.
Tim Martain-The Mercury
Lindholm presents a potent portrait of diminishing mental capacity and challenged masculinity within the genre framework of a high seas, high stakes game of cat and mouse.
Simon Foster-sbs.com.au
Harrowing drama of modern-day piracy as a sort of illicit corporate takeover; riveting and exhausting.
MaryAnn Johanson-Flick Filosopher
As well as the film's almost documentary realism (it's required viewing for shipping personnel), here the brief but telling extras show off Lindholm's dedication to accuracy.
Kate Stables-Total Film
In A Hijacking, we watch as talks break down -- at one point, the two parties are communicating by fax -- and are never certain how it will play out.
Chris Knight-National Post
The result is not as dramatically neat as a Hollywood version of this material might be, and a twist at the end has a dark irony no mainstream film would dare.
Jay Stone-Canada.com
As immediate and as hard-hitting as a punch in the gut, sucking you into a tension-filled situation in the corporate offices and on the high seas.
Sean Means-Salt Lake Tribune
While there's a certain tautness to the result, the many longueurs along the way almost make one yearn for an infusion of good old Hollywood pizzazz.
Frank Swietek-One Guy's Opinion







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