Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey
Get our The Life Cinematic email for free
Tobias Lindholm's claustrophobic, gripping hostage drama centres on a ship's chef (Pilou Asbaek, the spin doctor in Borgen) and a control-freak CEO (Soren Maling), who negotiates from a sterile office in Copenhagen. Somali pirates have seized a Danish cargo ship in the Indian Ocean, and the shipping company decides to handle the crisis itself. A Hijacking benefits from forgoing Hollywood bombast and hysteria, favouring instead a more subdued and cerebral approach. It's yet another Danish triumph.
Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this article
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.
Already subscribed? Log in
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies