Release dates

December 8, 2017

90 months ago

Cinema / VOD

Released

Cinema
Dec 8, 2017
90 months ago
VOD
Dec 8, 2017
90 months ago

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DVD
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Blu-ray
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The Pirates of Somalia release date

The movie The Pirates of Somalia is already released on Cinema and VOD in the USA. The upcoming DVD release date in the USA is to be announced and the upcoming Blu-ray release date in the USA is to be announced.


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The Pirates of Somalia

Movie
55
When rookie writer and proud Canadian Jay Bahadur (Evan Peters) has...
When rookie writer and proud Canadian Jay Bahadur (Evan Peters) has a chance encounter with his journalist idol (Al Pacino), he decides to uproot his life in the name of research for his first book. Abandoning his comfortable life, he moves to Somalia to investigate a still-unfolding situation with pirates off the country's coast. It's 2008 and the cargo vessel MV Faina has just been hijacked. ...
When rookie writer and proud Canadian Jay Bahadur (Evan Peters) has a chance encounter with his journalist idol (Al Pacino), he decides to uproot his life in the name of research for his first book. Abandoning his comfortable life, he moves to Somalia to investigate a still-unfolding situation with pirates off the country's coast. It's 2008 and the cargo vessel MV Faina has just been hijacked. Based on a true story, Dabka follows a naive young journalist's headlong dive into a country he has no business being in. A free agent without government support or a publishing deal, Jay bucks conventions to conduct a raw, on the ground investigation.
55

What the critics say

Based on 14 reviews, The Pirates of Somalia gets an average review score of 55

B/A+
thefilmstage.com
b8de6f28-7d9e-486d-a651-11990fea4278

The Pirates of Somalia is a visceral, engaging, fast-paced journalism drama with authenticity and a few rough edges that surely would have gotten sanded down had Buckley made the film within the Hollywood studio system.

2687d ago

B/A+
thefilmstage.com
9b9f2d45-4c42-4470-9369-b47e12f8d1c1

The Pirates of Somalia is a visceral, engaging, fast-paced journalism drama with authenticity and a few rough edges that surely would have gotten sanded down had Buckley made the film within the Hollywood studio system.

2687d ago

60/100
hollywoodreporter.com
9b9f2d45-4c42-4470-9369-b47e12f8d1c1

Evan Peters plays an untrained journalist who went where pros wouldn't in Bryan Buckley's true-story adventure.

2687d ago

60/100
thewrap.com
b8de6f28-7d9e-486d-a651-11990fea4278

“American Horror Story” star delivers a high-energy and appealing performance as an inexperienced American journalist in a perilous overseas locale.

2687d ago

60/100
thewrap.com
9b9f2d45-4c42-4470-9369-b47e12f8d1c1

“American Horror Story” star delivers a high-energy and appealing performance as an inexperienced American journalist in a perilous overseas locale.

2687d ago

60/100
hollywoodreporter.com
b8de6f28-7d9e-486d-a651-11990fea4278

Evan Peters plays an untrained journalist who went where pros wouldn't in Bryan Buckley's true-story adventure.

2687d ago

50/100
variety.com
9b9f2d45-4c42-4470-9369-b47e12f8d1c1

Oscar nominee Bryan Buckley's first feature has big ambitions (showing the other side of Somali piracy), but proves off-putting in execution.

2687d ago

2.5/5
wegotthiscovered.com
9b9f2d45-4c42-4470-9369-b47e12f8d1c1

Despite an excellent secondary cast and an interesting story, Dabka fails in its aspirations due almost entirely to its own smugness.

2687d ago

2.5/5
wegotthiscovered.com
b8de6f28-7d9e-486d-a651-11990fea4278

Despite an excellent secondary cast and an interesting story, Dabka fails in its aspirations due almost entirely to its own smugness.

2687d ago

2/4
slantmagazine.com
9b9f2d45-4c42-4470-9369-b47e12f8d1c1

Writer-director Bryan Buckley's film is ultimately more interested in the journalist than his story.

2687d ago

2/4
slantmagazine.com
b8de6f28-7d9e-486d-a651-11990fea4278

Writer-director Bryan Buckley's film is ultimately more interested in the journalist than his story.

2687d ago

50/100
variety.com
b8de6f28-7d9e-486d-a651-11990fea4278

Oscar nominee Bryan Buckley's first feature has big ambitions (showing the other side of Somali piracy), but proves off-putting in execution.

2687d ago

1.5/4
rogerebert.com
9b9f2d45-4c42-4470-9369-b47e12f8d1c1

This movie’s title is more than a little cheeky when you consider that the lead character, a young Canadian wannabe journalist who hits on the idea that he can really make a name for himself by courting danger on the other side of the world, barely makes it on board a boat in the picture’s nearly two-hour running time.

2687d ago

1.5/4
rogerebert.com
b8de6f28-7d9e-486d-a651-11990fea4278

This movie’s title is more than a little cheeky when you consider that the lead character, a young Canadian wannabe journalist who hits on the idea that he can really make a name for himself by courting danger on the other side of the world, barely makes it on board a boat in the picture’s nearly two-hour running time.

2687d ago

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