Last Hijack

2014

1h 25m

Documentary

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94%

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16 Reviews

57%

Audience Score

100+ Ratings

Filmmakers use animation and raw footage to explore the mind of Mohamed, a wealthy Somali pirate while at sea but just another struggling man while on land.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Last Hijack is good on context and nicely presented. Sadly, it fails to convert Nura's biography into a coherent narrative and contains nothing that might be mistaken for a denouement.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 23, 2016

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Sheila O'Malley

The Dissolve

The dark, surreal animation unearths the personal side of the story: its nightmarish aspect and traumas.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 3, 2014

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Nicolas Rapold

New York Times

It's an ungainly documentary featuring animated sequences, but it also gives a sense of a country ruined by tribal wars and menaced by the temptation of easy cash.

Oct 2, 2014

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Paddy Kehoe

RTÉ (Ireland)

Relentlessly brooding and engaging, it is certainly worth seeing.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 26, 2016

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Aine O'Connor

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

Although a little messy in places, it's a fascinating look at world we would have little access to.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 15, 2016

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Jordan Adler

We Got This Covered

Mixing animation and documentary in evocative ways, Last Hijack is an illuminating look at the thrill and the toll of Somali piracy.

Rated: 8/10

Oct 8, 2014

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2/27/15 Netflix. At first the combination of animation and reality was a little difficult but as it went on it actually became a pretty cool way to tell the story. Always interesting to see how other cultures live, think act and survive.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Tommy Pallotta

Director

Femke Wolting

Director

Tommy Pallotta

Screenwriter

Femke Wolting

Screenwriter

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Synopsis

Filmmakers use animation and raw footage to explore the mind of Mohamed, a wealthy Somali pirate while at sea but just another struggling man while on land.

Director: Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting
Screenwriter: Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Somali
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 25m