2009年,美国货轮“马士基·阿拉巴马”号在船长理查德·菲利普(汤姆·汉克斯饰)的带领下执行在非洲角区域的货物运输任务。该次任务的航线途径海盗猖獗的索马里地区海域。虽然菲利普船长和船员都进行过抗击海盗的训练和演习,但是他们完全没有料到在启程不久就遭遇了四名索马里海盗的登船袭击。菲利普船长在保护船员和货物的搏斗中不幸被海盗劫为人质并带离货船。美国海军等部门接到情报后立即展开大规模营救菲利普船长的行动。影片根据2009年发生的真实事件改编。理查德·菲利普斯将自己被海盗绑架的经历写成了回忆录《一名船长的职责》,2010年发表后被索尼公司买下了版权。 In 2009, the U.S. freighter Maersk Alabama carried out its cargo transport mission in the Horn of Africa region under the leadership of Captain Richard Phillip (Tom Hanks). The route of this mission routes piracy rampant in the Somali area. Although Captain Felipe and his crew had conducted training and exercises in combating piracy, they did not expect to have encountered four Somali pirates on board the embarkation attack shortly after leaving. Captain Phillip was unjustly taken hostage by the pirates and freed from the cargo ship during the battle to protect the crew and the cargo. Immediately after the U.S. navy and other departments received intelligence, they started a large-scale rescue operation of Captain Felipe. The film is based on the real events that took place in 2009. Richard Phillips wrote his own experience of being abducted by pirates as a memoir entitled “The Captain’s Role,” which was acquired by Sony Corporation in 2010 after its publication.