The Pirates of Somalia

Movie
Original title	The Pirates of Somalia
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2017
length	118 minutes
Rod
Director	Bryan Buckley
script	Bryan Buckley
production	Claude Dal Farra , Irfaan Fredericks , Mino Jarjoura , Matt Lefebvre
music	Andrew Feltenstein , John Nau
camera	Scott Henriksen
cut	Jay Nelson
occupation
Evan Peters : Jay Bahadur Al Pacino : Seymour Tolbin Melanie Griffith : Maria Bahadur Barkhad Abdi : Abdi Aidan Whytock : Agent Brice Kiana Madani : Tracy Ziconni Philip Ettinger : Alex Darron Meyer : Mitch Kelp Russell Posner : Jared Bahadur Armaan Haggio : Mohamad Farole Jr. Jojo Gonzalez : Jojo Maria Vos : Avril Benoît Sabrina Hassan : Maryan Mohamed Barre : Boyah Abdi Sidow Farah : Colonel Omar

The Pirates of Somalia (Alternative title Into the Fire ) is an American biographical film drama , which in 2017 by Bryan Buckley has written and directed. Evan Peters , Al Pacino , Melanie Griffith and Barkhad Abdi can be seen in the leading roles . The film tells the true story of the risky adventurer Jay Bahadur , who visits Somalia at the height of Somali piracy for a book report that will become a bestseller. The film premiered on April 27, 2017 at the Tribeca Film Festival and released on December 8, 2017.

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The self-taught journalist Jay Bahadur tries in vain to gain a foothold in journalism after graduating from high school. Still living with his parents, he keeps himself afloat with an unsatisfactory job as a questioner about the placement of products in supermarkets. A chance encounter with his journalistic idol Seymour Tolbin inspires him not to realize his dream of journalism in the conventional way through a university education, but to follow in the footsteps of his idol to endanger himself for an exciting story and in search of the story of his life to report on the background of piracy in Somalia.

Via a request to the President of Somalia, he receives support from local people and flies to the country that has been torn by civil war. Through his translator Abdi, he manages to establish contact with the local Somali pirates and to interview them. Although this gives him interesting insights into the life and organization of the Somali pirates, he does not manage to find donors for a book project in his North American homeland. In order to fulfill this dream anyway, Jay puts himself more and more in danger and at the same time is swept away by the vortex of events.

Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes had a 67% approval rating based on 21 reviews and an average rating of 6.2 out of 10. On Metacritic , the film received 54 points out of 100 based on 20 reviews, which is a mixed or average rating.

Web links

• The Pirates of Somalia in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Into the Fire (2017). . Retrieved June 8, 2018.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Film review The Pirates of Somalia (2017). . Retrieved June 8, 2018.
3. ^ The Pirates of Somalia (2017) . In: Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 8, 2018
4. ^ The Pirates of Somalia . In: Metacritic . Retrieved June 8, 2018