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The Pirates of Somalia
2017
· Movie
· 117 min
C
MEANRANK
66/100
Every rating
54–72
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 54, highest is Trakt on 72. Critics average 54, everyone else 68.
See the most agreed on films →An ambitious but inexperienced young journalist travels to Somalia to make a name for himself by embedding with a group of local pirates. He risks his life to understand the complex economic and social conditions that drive these men to crime, navigating a dangerous world of warlords and kidnappers to get the ultimate story.
Details
- Director
- Bryan Buckley
- Writer
- Bryan Buckley
- Studio
- Kalahari Pictures, hungryman, BCDF Pictures
- Released
- 8 December 2017
- Country
- United States, South Africa
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rated
- R
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