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Released Year: 2017
Runtime: 117 minutes
Directors: Bryan Buckley
Casts: Al Pacino, Evan Peters, Melanie Griffith, Philip Ettinger, Barkhad Abdi, Russell Posner, Edward Gelbinovich, Jojo Gonzalez, Kiana Madani, Maria Vos
Ratings: 
(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)
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Paste Magazine -
Even Bahadur’s stupid voiceover writing becomes funnier over time as we realize the clichés and groaners only serve to show what an ultimately lame writer Bahadur was—that it was his bravery, stubbornness, hope, inquisitiveness and stupidity that made him great.
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The Film Stage -
Dabka is a visceral, engaging, fast-paced journalism drama with authenticity and a few rough edges.
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Screen International -
This incendiary true story boasts a charismatic central performance from rising star Peters (X-Men, TV’s American Horror Story), whose everyman charm helps drive a narrative which has a tendency to get entangled in its own worthy intentions.
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Movie Nation -
The real delight here is Barkhad Abdi, the “I am captain now” pirate of “Captain Phillips.”
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TheWrap -
Dabka winningly traces the ways that a callow American gets schooled in concepts like honor and sacrifice until he is considered an expert on a country and a people that he grows to love.
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The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, only to quickly find himself in over his head.
The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)Loading...
Information
Released Year: 2017
Runtime: 117 minutes
Directors: Bryan Buckley
Casts: Al Pacino, Evan Peters, Melanie Griffith, Philip Ettinger, Barkhad Abdi, Russell Posner, Edward Gelbinovich, Jojo Gonzalez, Kiana Madani, Maria Vos
Storyline
After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, only to quickly find himself in over his head.
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Reviews
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Paste Magazine -
Even Bahadur’s stupid voiceover writing becomes funnier over time as we realize the clichés and groaners only serve to show what an ultimately lame writer Bahadur was—that it was his bravery, stubbornness, hope, inquisitiveness and stupidity that made him great.
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The Film Stage -
Dabka is a visceral, engaging, fast-paced journalism drama with authenticity and a few rough edges.
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Screen International -
This incendiary true story boasts a charismatic central performance from rising star Peters (X-Men, TV’s American Horror Story), whose everyman charm helps drive a narrative which has a tendency to get entangled in its own worthy intentions.
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Movie Nation -
The real delight here is Barkhad Abdi, the “I am captain now” pirate of “Captain Phillips.”
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TheWrap -
Dabka winningly traces the ways that a callow American gets schooled in concepts like honor and sacrifice until he is considered an expert on a country and a people that he grows to love.
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After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, only to quickly find himself in over his head.
After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, only to quickly find himself in over his head.
After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, only to quickly find himself in over his head.
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