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Movie Info

Filmmakers use animation and raw footage to explore the mind of Mohamed, a wealthy Somali pirate while at sea but just another struggling man while on land.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

Somali
Director:

Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting
Writer:

Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 10, 2016
Runtime:

1h 25m

Cast & Crew

Tommy Pallotta
Director

Femke Wolting
Director

Tommy Pallotta
Screenwriter

Femke Wolting
Screenwriter

News & Interviews for Last Hijack

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Critic Reviews for Last Hijack

All Critics (16) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (15) | Rotten (1)

Last Hijack is good on context and nicely presented. Sadly, it fails to convert Nura's biography into a coherent narrative and contains nothing that might be mistaken for a denouement.

February 23, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Tara Brady
Irish Times
The dark, surreal animation unearths the personal side of the story: its nightmarish aspect and traumas.

October 3, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Sheila O'Malley
The Dissolve
It's an ungainly documentary featuring animated sequences, but it also gives a sense of a country ruined by tribal wars and menaced by the temptation of easy cash.

October 2, 2014 | Full Review…

Nicolas Rapold
New York Times
Disjointed and unfocused, "Last Hijack" adds precious little to this body of work.

October 2, 2014 | Full Review…

Charles Solomon
Los Angeles Times
Despite providing a sober and hauntingly frustrated glimpse into a world that most Western eyes will never get to see for themselves, this portrait of life as a Somali pirate is limited by what the camera can't see.

October 2, 2014 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

David Ehrlich
AV Club
It intriguingly invites us to think about the forces that can drive a seemingly ordinary guy like Mohamed to do something so desperate and cruel as piracy.

September 29, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Elise Nakhnikian
Slant Magazine
Relentlessly brooding and engaging, it is certainly worth seeing.

July 26, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Paddy Kehoe
RTÉ (Ireland)
Although a little messy in places, it's a fascinating look at world we would have little access to.

March 15, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Aine O'Connor
Sunday Independent (Ireland)
Mixing animation and documentary in evocative ways, Last Hijack is an illuminating look at the thrill and the toll of Somali piracy.

October 8, 2014 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…

Jordan Adler
We Got This Covered
Easily one of the best documentaries of 2014, "Last Hijack" explores the motivations, circumstances, fears and dreams of a real-life pirate in an admirably objective fashion, while also visualizing his thoughts via gorgeous, lucid-dream-like animation.

October 8, 2014 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

Oktay Ege Kozak
The Playlist
LAST HIJACK isn't an especially entertaining film, but it's a troubling one and worth seeing even if only for the insight into this phenomenon that it provides.

October 7, 2014 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…

Chris Bumbray
JoBlo's Movie Network
With intriguing use of animation, this doc reminds us that pirates may be ordinary citizens struggling to make a living.

October 5, 2014 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve