Rent Pirates of Somalia (2017)

A weak film - Pirates of Somalia review by CSF

I expected a lot from this film and I found it like an empty shell. Lots of movements, efforts, so-called Philosophy, in fact... nothing. It has no point, no interest. Everybody pretends but nobody achieves.

Awful, smug, politically correct movie which promotes fake news and fake history. Appalling. - Pirates of Somalia review by PV

I was disgusted by this movie. It actually sides with the Somali pirates who hijack ships and kill their crews, as portrayed in the excellent MR PHILIPS by Tom Hanks.

This is based on the memoir of a rich Canadian kid who is clearly so spoilt he cannot cope with getting rejected when he sends applications for journalism jobs, so decides to got o Somalia to make his name.

The worst thing is the way this film promotes an historical lie - that the British (though it says English) killed Somali people.

In fact, Somalia was part of the ITALIAN empire which is why they all eat pasta! And the Italian messed it all up.

The British meanwhile didn't and their empire gave the world much more than it took and despite being of its time, was the most benevolent empire in history and 90% of it did good INCLUDING banning slavery, stamping out vile practices of natives (like widows throwing themselves on funeral pyres of their dead husbands), stopped much child abuse, introduced non-corrupt rule and law and education and organised farming.

The British NEVER ruled Somalia - they were in charge of SOMALILAND which is the most northern quarter of the country now, located at the horn of Africa. There have been no problems there - it is peaceful and has only been dragged down by the land to the south.

If you like lies and fake news, you;ll love this. Personally, I think movies like this which promote lies should be banned as they fill impressionable kids' heads with fake history, as do many other movies eg The Patriot, U571, Argo.

Surprisingly good. - Pirates of Somalia review by BE

An interesting perspective on piracy carried out by Somalians. Its apparently a true story and ties in with the movie, Captain Philips. It stars Barkhad Abdi as a none involved Somalian. Interestingly, he was also in Captain Philips and won a BAFTA for his role as a Somalian pirate! I preferred this movie to Captain Philips. Only criticism is the fake facial hair and very bad wigs worn by Evan Peters which also changed hue at an alarming rate! Otherwise, well done