2012 · thriller · drama · danish
A Hijacking
Directed by Tobias Lindholm1h 43m2012
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.
Our read: A Hijacking (2012) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded thriller · drama · danish entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, extreme thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
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