http://www.tribune242.com - The story of the six days that Richard Phillips captain of the cargo ship Maersk Alabama spent in April 2009 first trying to avoid a gang of Somali pirates and then as their restive captive this film does an impeccable job of creating and tightening the narrative screws. The result is so propulsive that you may find yourself looking at your watch not out of boredom but because you are not sure how much more tension you can stand.But Captain Phillips based on the real mans memoir is more than a reaffirmation of how good Greengrass responsible for both The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum is at the delicious mechanics of crackerjack storytelling.As written by Billy Ray who wrote and directed Shattered Glass this film has qualities we might not expect.