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A Hijacking (2012) ( Kapringen ) [ Blu-Ray, Reg.A/B/C Import - United Kingdom ]

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  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches; 2.4 ounces
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00F53GVM8
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ United Kingdom
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
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5.0 out of 5 stars Documentary like thriller. Amazing!
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2020
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Don’t expect Bruce Willis to come swinging into this one wearing a smelly T-shirt and a game-changing attitude. Tobias Lindholm’s (The Hunt and A War) starkly commanding thriller cuts out all the action heroics usually associated with hostage movies, replacing them with an underlying, nauseating sense of dread; it’s a nail-biter about being under the gun. On the Indian Ocean, a Danish cargo vessel is quietly overrun by Somali pirates—and it is quietly because this is a siege we don’t even see. In a single cut, they’re suddenly there, shoving gentle cook Mikkel (Pilou Asbæk) down a hallway to meet the gang’s cryptic mouthpiece, Omar (Abdihakin Asgar), and make contact with the moneymen.

It’s back home, in a modernist Copenhagen office suite, that A Hijacking becomes something truly special and dark: We’ve already seen brusque company exec Peter (Søren Malling) outnegotiate a Japanese contingent, so his pride is ruffled when a terrorism expert suggests he bring in another talker. Nope: Deals are his bag, along with the choking mantle of shame as days stretch into weeks and momentum stalls. Rarely leaning on the weepy families back home, this briskly paced triumph maintains a clear focus on human costs, with hope slipping away onboard while lives hang on the burp of a fax machine. Pray you never need your boss to step up like this; horror is less on the high seas than hunkered down in the conference room.
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BeenThere
4.0 out of 5 stars A Kyler Murray-like Thriller on the High Seas.
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2022
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A Kyler Murray-like thriller on the high seas with a hard-hearted Danish Boss trying to negotiate the ransom with Somolian pirates.

You cannot make this stuff up. The pirates take a Danish freighter and its crew hostage. They want millions of dollars in ransom. The ship is shipping crates of auto parts, particularly gross lots of BECKARNLEY 045-0404 Pcv Valves. The pirate boss, Omar, keeps upping the ransom demand, while the shipping company boss, Peter, keeps lowering his counter-offers.

The tension builds and the Somolian pirates keep the hostages in horrible sanitary conditions where they all have to urinate in a single bottle. Yes, you read that correctly. It all boils down to some fantastic plot devices and many faxes and cell phone hang ups. In the end our hard-hearted Peter and the dollar-loving Omar must meet at some number for the mutual need of the hostages. Can they do it?

Bet your Heisman Trophy on it!
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June
5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Eye Opener . . .
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2017
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This drama is an extremely tense and moving portrayal. It is two dilemmas in one. . . the "upstairs,downstairs" of modern-day shipping ! with the provocation of the Somalian pirates thrown in as the ingredient to stir up and contrast the two equally problematic points of view.
I viewed this at the edge of my chair and it was gripping , poignant and really well-acted. The situation was dire and there was enough resolution to satisfy the viewer and yet stay in keeping with possibility.
I found a subtitled version of this DVD for a gift ; the acting was very effective and vivid. There was generally such skill in photography and facial expressions etc. that verbal expression should not be over rated in communicating the plot situations. That said, I myself possess a working knowledge of Danish and find Danish drama to be excellent. . . nearly as good, for my taste, as British and American. Anyway,
I recommend this DVD very highly.
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ksquared6000
1.0 out of 5 stars Auio La nguage IS NOT IN ENGLISH
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2022
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Clearly the person categorizing videos for Amazon does NOT understand that the spoken language of the film (the DIALOGUE) is the audio language category and the written words (the SUBTITLES) translating the foreign spoken dialogue into English written words is categorized as the subtitle language.

FYI...English written subtitles does NOT equal English spoken DIALOGUE. This fundamental fact is so elementary, it blows my mind @ having to explain the difference much less requesting that the audio/subtitle language actually be categorized correctly.

So this review is directed at the audio / subtitle language category for ALL films on Amazon Prime. There are those of who DO NOT want to watch (at all) any foreign films. We DO NOT want to spend a majority of our time stopping/starting the movie JUST to read the subtitles in order to know what the hell is going on. At that point the plot is lost. It could be a Pulitzer Prize winning film and I wont care!!! I'm so ticked off at being SUCKED into watching yet another foreign film.

Foreign films should NEVER show up as a selection in my Prime video library b/c I have ZERO interest in watching foreign films. Amazon....Why can you not get this right?
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stig1111
5.0 out of 5 stars Danish language mostly...
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2021
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A pretty (very) good movie! Bought it mostly for the Danish language, so actually better than expected. Enjoyed still being able to understand Danish after 47 years of not speaking the language. Well, Danish or not, a good movie to own/watch.
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Jinka1950
4.0 out of 5 stars SPOT ON.....
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2014
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Proof that foreign films really nail the 'human condition'. This kind of film put Hollywood to shame...
This film depicts 'corporate culture' and their challenge to interact with a world foreign to them. Superb acting - particularly the President of the corporation. I watched it twice, and my friends are thrilled there are film makers out there who produce these thought provoking, psychologically thrilling movies!
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Vivek K. Sarawgi
5.0 out of 5 stars Gritty story as it really happens.
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2013
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I am a merchant marine officer. I have sailed for nearly 40 years. This is very true account of what really happens. There are no Hollywood heroics or super stars. Life for many ordinary sailors is very hard and most of the time the owners do not care about them. The bottom line counts. If you want to see a real life story go and see this movie or purchase this DVD.
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dave10
5.0 out of 5 stars A Thriller That Really Thrills
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2013
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An intense film that digs beneath the typical thriller to mine the emotions that make us care deeply about the characters. But it IS a very thrilling film, tense from beginning to end, yet without the Hollywood nonsense that so often ruins films of this sort. Well written, well performed, and very well paced. I never recommend films unless I love them, and I'm happy to recommend this one.
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Taube
5.0 out of 5 stars Captivant !
Reviewed in France on May 16, 2015
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Un film qui est réalisé avec le parti pris de mettre l' accent sur les tractations et la tension qui va avec d' une prise d' otage , plus pour mettre en avant les différences de conceptions du temps et de la réalité entre le nord et le sud que de transcrire une sorte d' épopée aventureuse comme dans le film américain captain Philips qui traite du même sujet . Ici pas d' héroïsme , ni de grand spectacle ; c' est presque un huis-clos sur la mer .
Effectivement , comme le disent les autres commentaires , c' est long et pourtant on ne s' ennuie jamais et le film passe même très vite tant les phases montent en puissance de tension et le cinéaste utilise avec habileté les silences et absences précisément de l' action pour rendre paradoxalement celle-ci plus prégnante .
De même que les protagonistes , le regardeur du film n' en sort pas indemne .
Juste un peu surpris par le début où toute la partie de l' attaque des pirates n' est absolument pas traitée , c' est d' évidence un choix du cinéaste qui , là encore , se veut à l' opposé du film d' action . C' est vraiment déconcertant au début mais on comprend bien pourquoi après .
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John Chandler
3.0 out of 5 stars I found this less exciting than I had hoped
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2013
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This should more accurately be called the Negotiation. It is all about a long range exchange between pirates on the ship and a small shipping company in Denmark. Most of the dialogue is in Danish or very rough Somali English or Danish English. Unfortunately a decision was taken to only subtitle the Danish, the rest of the dialogue is either very hard to make out or incomprehensible. What a silly thing to do! The picture quality is only average and has a strong blue tint. The script is variable and parts are very good but there are weaker moments and the film is saved from mediocracy by a twist at the end. Reconstructing events such as this is very difficult as one is squeezed between a need to stick to the original and yet make it exciting to the viewer. The terror and pressure of the hijacking is very hard to recreate as the outcome is largely known. Despite the best intentions I can only recommend this as a rent.
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Mrs. J. Roberts
5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting and realistic
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 26, 2018
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This was a very realistic film, with deliberate contrasts between the squalor and violence onboard the hijacked ship and the smart shirts, mineral water and calm of the board room. I liked the way that the Somali Pirates' speech was not subtitled because it made their presence more menacing. The main characters were excellent, the music unobtrusive, and all the while you wondered what would happen eventually, and who, if anybody, would give in. It made me realise that hijacking and terrorist demands have to be negotiated very carefully. I did wonder why there was not an undercover mission to rescue the hostages. Another reason for the intrigue and tension was that I never discovered the number of pirates compared with the hostages, and would they have stood a chance to overcome the hijackers. Of course, this is a cunning plot to maintain the suspense, and I think that it worked very well. I read the article on Wikipedia about the film, and that, too, was interesting. No doubt some of those facts will be on the bonus features, which I am about to watch.
A good gripping thriller, and very believable, unfortunately.
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Simon Tippett
4.0 out of 5 stars Tense Scandinavian Drama
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2013
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Piracy in the Red Sea has been a hot topic in the media for several years now, and this movie takes a long, serious look at the psychological and physical impact of a hijacking on two men intimately involved. The first is the cook on board the hijacked ship, the second is the CEO of the shipping company who throws himself into the role of coordinating negotiations with the highjackers. Both actors will be familiar to fans of "Borgen" (the cook played the PM's advisor, the CEO played the TV news editor). Each puts in an amazing performance in this film, as we witness the mental torture experienced by the cook (all he wants to to get back home to his wife and young daughter) and the unbearable stress suffered by the CEO of the company (who, in spite of his best efforts, becomes
emotionally involved in the human drama unfolding thousands of miles away). It would have been easy for this film to have developed as a heroes vs villains action thriller (in the Steven Segal mode). Instead, it chooses to explore the devastating human consequences of piracy on the high seas. Well worth watching.
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Call me Al
5.0 out of 5 stars The cook, the CEO, the negotiator and his pirates
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2015
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This is a low-key, absorbing, intense and harrowing Danish film involving the hijacking of a commercial ship in the Indian Ocean by Somali pirates and the negotiations which take place to achieve its successful recovery and the release of its crew unharmed. The high level of tension is unrelenting as the director effectively depicts the vulnerability of the captives and the unpredictability of their captors, in particular the lack of common language between the crew and pirates where a misinterpreted gesture might lead to violence or death. The heat, humidity, sweat and stink of the ship contrasts vividly with the air conditioned offices of the shipping company in Copenhagen where the CEO attempts to calmly and coolly ensure that the ransom paid is as low as possible. The cinematography is confidently naturalistic, almost documentary in style while the quality of the acting is consistently high, especially the performances of Pilou Asbaek and Soren Malling, familiar faces from the brilliant TV series Borgen. This is a powerfully moving film, full of empathy and humanity and in my opinion an outstanding piece of filmmaking.
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