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Somali pirates kidnap an American news crew and their leader demands to be interviewed by the most prominent journalist among them.
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Dennis Harvey Variety 10/17/2014
Resourceful, Los Angeles-shot low-budgeter is solidly assembled, with Xander Lott's unobtrusive yet unsettling score a plus. Go to Full Review Martin Tsai Los Angeles Times 10/16/2014
Brand devotes so much running time to fear-mongering and grotesque stereotypes that a last-ditch effort at moral ambiguity and a critique on muckraking barely register. Go to Full Review Ben Kenigsberg New York Times 10/16/2014
Even the failure to find a persuasive closing note doesn't detract from Mr. Oyelowo's riveting performance. Go to Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 09/06/2019
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Moments of violence punctuate this rather overly talkative drama quite effectively, but it's dismal, almost gimmicky cinematography cheapens the film. Go to Full Review Travis Hopson Examiner.com 11/07/2015
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Setting itself apart from a crowded field of Somali pirate movies is a goal "Default" reaches for, but in choosing meaningless action over all else it's never achieved. Go to Full Review John Noonan FILMINK (Australia) 06/18/2015
Default's stylistic choices in storytelling give the found footage genre some maturity not seen since Barry Levinson's The Bay. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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12/23/2016 I Know It Was Aiming For A Realistic Edge, Like Nothing Seen Before...It Definitely Acheives That, But There Is No Substance & The Story Haphazardly Comes Together...It Ultimately Feels More Of A Crass, Cheap Horror-Gore Thing Then A Realistic Thriller. I Tuned Out As A Result. See more Read all reviews
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Simón Brand

Director

David Oyelowo

Atlas

Katherine Moennig

Juliana

Jeanine Mason

Marcela

Stephen Lord

Kane

Greg Callahan

Saltzman

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Synopsis Somali pirates kidnap an American news crew and their leader demands to be interviewed by the most prominent journalist among them.
Director
Simón Brand
Screenwriter
Jim Wolfe Jr., Dan Bence
Distributor
Amplify
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 17, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 30m
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