A Hijacking

Synopsis: The cargo ship MV Rozen is heading for harbor when it is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. Amongst the men on board are the ship's cook Mikkel and the engineer Jan, who along with the rest of the seamen are taken hostage in a cynical game of life and death. With the demand for a ransom of millions of dollars a psychological drama unfolds between the CEO of the shipping company and the Somali pirates.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Tobias Lindholm
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  16 wins & 26 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
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Year:
2012
103 min
$269,428
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465 Views


A HIJACKING:

-Hello?

-Hello beautiful. It's me.

Hello darling!

Are you in Mumbai?

No, we get to Mumbai in a few days.

-I miss you.

-And I miss you too.

-How are things?

-Things are good, but listen

You can't get mad okay?

What is it?

I'm coming home the 17th

instead of the 15th.

-You're not serious?

-Yes.

I've got to stay in Mumbai and

show the new cook around the kitchen.

This is absolutely not alright.

We had a deal.

Yes, but your man loves you

above everything else-

-because you're the most beautiful

and fantastic and understanding wife

That's why he loves you so much.

Yeah, honey...!

I think it's terrible though.

Is the little princess there?

You don't want to talk to me anymore?

Can I just talk to her,

because the captain just came,

-Okay. Take care honey.

-Yes, bye.

Hello.

Kamilla?

It's your dad talking.

-She's coming now.

-Thanks.

-Hello.

-Hello, little princess, can you hear me?

-Hello dad.

-It's dad.

-Darling you must talk...

-Hello dad, when are you coming home?

-What are you doing here?

-Reading the watermeters.

-What?

-We're going to stock up water in Mumbai.

Easy, you don't have to shout.

-You like to have water with your coffee right?

-Yes, that would be nice.

-Getting some use out of you.

-Do you have a break now?

Yes.

-Mikkel!

-Yes?

-Can you do me a favor?

-Sure.

Take this for me. It's a letter for my

sister and a present for my nephew.

-That would be great.

-I thought she lived in Greve.

-That is in Greve, you goof.

-Solrod Beach?

You've been at sea too long.

-And the package, it's important.

-I'll take good care of it.

-Are you about ready?

-Yeah, damnit.

-I can't wait.

-I can relate.

Nice to get home to the girl.

To the Wife.

Yes, it's Peter.

Yeah and what do they say?

If they are going to use our ships

they have to accept our offer.

Yes but you've got to take care of this now.

We have other things to do.

That's fine.

-that there will be an export

of 12 million megatons.

Then there is sad trouble

on the Japanese market.

The tsumani has completely

devastated their industry.

We must make sure to be there

when the market bounces back.

And talking about Japan,

I've got to hear, Peter...

We've got a high priority on Japan right?

Very much so.

We're negotiating with the Japanese.

Will the contract be signed tonight?

We'll land a deal tonight.

We'll reach our goal of 10 percent.

-Hello, Jytte.

-Hi. Good meeting?

-Very good?

-Lars Vestergaard is waiting for you.

-Vestergaard?

-He said it was important.

-Are you not supposed to be with the Japanese?

-Yeah,

I've just taken a little break

and thought I'd update you,

-On how far have we gotten,

Here you go.

I know the proposal.

What's the problem?

I just want to make sure that we

agree before I bang the table.

We've agreed from the start. We've been

at 21 and we want to be under 15.

How far have we gotten?

We're down to 19 now.

You're down to 19?

Okay. 2 million.

-And we're going below 15.

-That's right.

-We can probably get them down...

-Wait.

Jytte, cancel my meetings for

the rest of the day. Thanks.

Thanks.

-Hi Peter.

-Hi Niels.

-So what did we end up at?

-14,5.

That's very well done.

- Hello Lars. Congratulations.

Can you take a break somewhere else?

I have an interview with Borsen-

-and I need to put on a clean shirt.

-Thanks a lot.

-See you later.

-Lars, can you wait a little.

-Sure. - See you up there.

Lars, when you need my help,

which you apparently did here,

-get me right away. Understood?

-Yes, and thanks.

-Thank you.

Can we find a date?

We need 7-8 days for the interview.

I'll do it when I can-

-but we must be joined by

my secretary Jytte.

She has complete oversight.

I'm sorry to disturb.

Peter, do you a moment?

Yeah, excuse me.

-I think that's enough for today.

-Okay.

MV Rozen has set of the alarm.

We're worried she's been hijacked.

They've slowed down their speed.

And now they are not replying to us.

-So we have no contact.

-We've got nothing.

Then it stops.

-When did the first alarm sound?

-About 1 hour and 35 minutes ago.

Where are we?

Where exactly is the ship?

We were on our way to Mumbai.

-Then she makes a big turn,

-That's really far out.

Indian coast is over there.

There has never been a hijacking

this far out before

-Who's on board?

-I'll found out as soon as possible.

We need to get a hold on someone who

knows how to handle this. Right away.

Yes - can you help me?

- I'll be back in 5 minutes.

Can you call my wife and tell her

I probably will not be home tonight?

Can I hear that again?

Hi dear,

I see that you have called.

Yes, we are about to talk

to the relatives now.

I'm glad to hear it, thanks.

Pirates today also have internet,

and they also read danish news.

And we have to remember that.

If they read that we will do anything

to get our men home-

-it'll just prolong things.

I hope you understand that.

My name is Kaj Sorensen.

This is my wife Lisbeth.

We are Jans parents. Why don't you

just give in to the pirates demands?

We still haven't heard from the pirates.

So we don't even know

what they are demanding.

But you should know that we will do

whatever it takes to get our crew home,

-as fast as possible.

That's why we have brought in

help from the outside-

-to guide us in the negotiations.

This is Connor Julian.

Connor has a lot of experience.

He's a specialist in these

kinds of situations.

Yes, please go ahead.

My name is Maria Hartmann.

And this is my daughter Kamilla.

I'm married to Mikkel Hartmann

who's the cook on the ship.

You said earlier that you haven't

had any contact with the pirates,

How do you then know that they are okay?

How do you know they are not already dead?

Yes thanks. - Excuse me. - Maria...

Honestly we don't know.

But that would really surprise us.

The ship down there, Rozen,

has no value to us.

The only thing the pirates have to

negotiate for is our crew.

Mikkel.

Your sons, and your brothers.

That's the only the only thing

they have to negotiate for.

So personally, Maria,

I believe they are all alive.

Okay, thanks.

Thank you.

-Hi, Mikkel.

How are you?

We have it okay.

The crew is healthy, but the

captain used to have an ulcer,

About five years ago.

He had surgery-

-and was on medication for a couple

of years but was deemed healthy.

-So he could be sick?

-Yeah.

F***! Sorry.

We have to pee in this corner.

It stinks like hell.

The captain has sh*t on everything.

It's so damn gross.

Ah for fucks sake.

We've got to get out and use

the toilets out there.

We can't stay in here with this

stink all the time.

-Did you ask about the toilet?

-Yeah.

-We're getting sick, tell them.

-I'll tell them.

-We're not worthless to them if...

-Can't you shut up?!

We've got to get out of here.

Let's meet back up here in 10 minutes.

The problem with flying from Tanzania

is the distance to the ship.

We risk the pilot turning

before

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Tobias Lindholm

Tobias Lindholm (born 1977) is a Danish screenwriter and film director best known for gritty moral dramas. Lindholm first received attention for his work as a television writer on the popular Danish political TV-series Borgen, credited on all 20 episodes of the series first two seasons, either as an episode writer or storyline contributor. Then, in 2011, Lindholm was awarded a special Bodil Award for having two feature films Submarino (as co-writer) and R (as director and writer) in competition for that year's Best Danish Film, which the latter movie also won. His hostage drama A Hijacking (2012) premiered at the 2012 Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section.He is also a frequent collaborator with film director Thomas Vinterberg, with whom he has written the screenplays for feature films Submarino (2010) and The Hunt (2012). Lindholm directed the 2015 drama A War (Danish: Krigen) about a Danish military company in Afghanistan that is captured by the Taliban, and the commander is accused of war crimes. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. more…

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