If you can’t wait for director Paul Greengrass’s fact-based Captain Phillips with Tom Hanks taking on Somali pirates who seize his American cargo ship, there’s a Norwegian movie, A Hijacking, opening first with a similar plot. I don’t know if Greengrass, known for United 93 and The Bourne Supremacy, will include the big action scenes the premise seems to indicate, but A Hijacking, not based on a true story, does not. The realistic, handheld style and look of the film makes it feel natural and unrehearsed.

While the Tom Hanks film is the true story of the Maersk Alabama hijacking which lasted four days in 2009, the Danish freighter in A Hijcaking is in peril for four months. Somali pirates seize the Mv Rozen in the Indian Ocean, demanding millions in ransom as the stubborn CEO of the shipping company tries in vain to negotiate a deal.