![]() The ultimate triumph of this film, however, rests with Greengrass, whose up close and personal, hand-held approach to cinema (whether it’s escapist fare like “The Bourne Supremacy” or a true story like this film) establishes the energy of the film, and maintains it, even through bumpy waters. Muse is the most compelling character in the entire film, and Abdi brings him to life in a riveting, unforgettable performance. Muse likes the idea of the American dream, but he understands that, in his part of the world, it’s out of reach. He’s made a total of $6 million doing this, but he hasn’t seen much of any of it it’s almost entirely gone to the people above him who coordinate these hijackings. All he wants to do is get on the boat, get paid, and get off. He doesn’t want to see anyone hurt, but isn’t afraid to hurt anyone if he has to. Like Phillips, Muse is just a person doing a job. What could have simply been played as a sneering villain is, thanks to Billy Ray’s screenplay and Abdi’s performance, turned into something far more memorable. The actor’s name is Barkhad Abdi, and he plays Muse, the leader of the pirates who take the ship. However, there’s another key performance that helps make the film far more dynamic than it could have been. This isn’t a one-performance movie, however, even though, with the exception of Catherine Keener in a brief role as Phillips’s wife, Hanks is the biggest name in the movie, by far. What transpired was a tense standoff that eventually lead to Phillips getting taken hostage by the pirates, taken off the ship in the lifeboat, and being a pawn in an eventual showdown with the US Navy that ended in Phillips being rescued safely, and three of the four pirates killed by Navy Seals. His new film, the heroic true story, “Captain Phillips,” follows the same storytelling rules of his previous films, but rather than an ensemble effort like he crafted (out of necessity) in “United 93,” “Phillips” is anchored by a tremendous and confident lead performance by Tom Hanks, in his finest single role since “Cast Away.” (Although his multi-character work in last year’s “Cloud Atlas” is still some of his best ever.) Here, Hanks plays Captain Richard Phillips, a cargo ship captain who was traveling along the African coastline in 2009 when his ship was boarded by Somali pirates. ![]() After that came another Jason Bourne thriller, “The Bourne Ultimatum,” and a fictional thriller set in Iraq, “Green Zone.” Whether it’s telling a true story, or a Hollywood genre film, his approach to the film remains the same: a cinematic style that is more akin to a documentary, and an approach to the narrative that is personal, and touches on the psychological toll the characters go through. The Bourne Stuntacular opens in spring 2020 at Universal Studios Florida.The last time Paul Greengrass brought a true story to the screen, it was his heartbreaking 2006 film, “United 93,” about the one hijacked flight on 9/11 that didn’t reach its intended target. The series premieres on USA on October 15. The franchise will get another new iteration in Treadstone, a tv series that takes place in the Bourne universe, and follows a cell of sleeper black ops agents, but does not star Damon, according to The Verge. ![]() ![]() RELATED: Universal Orlando Announces a New Theme Park, Epic Universe - Here’s Everything We Know So Far Jeremy Renner appeared as a new protagonist, Alex Cross, in The Bourne Legacy in 2012, but Damon returned for the fifth film four years later. In addition to The Bourne Identity (2002), Damon starred in The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and Jason Bourne (2016). The Jason Bourne films are based on a series of books by author Robert Ludlum about a CIA operative (Damon) with dissociative amnesia. That ride also previously existed at Universal Studios Hollywood in California, but closed in 2012. The Bourne Stuntacular will replace Terminated 2: 3-D, which closed on October 2017.
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