Film

The Pirates of Somalia

2017 · 1h 57m · Drama

IMDb

6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

63%

Metacritic

54

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.

Evan Peters

Jay Bahadur

Barkhad Abdi

Abdi

Melanie Griffith

Maria Bahadur

Al Pacino

Seymour Tolbin

Philip Ettinger

Alex

Russell Posner

Jared Bahadur

Kiana Madani

Tracy Ziconni

Maria Vos

Avril Benoît

Jojo Gonzalez

Jojo

Coral Peña

Katlyn

Jennifer Keane

Student

Alok Tewari

Kailash Bahadur

Robert Hobbs

Navy Admiral

Darron Meyer

Mitch Kelp

Aidan Whytock

Agent Brice

Armaan Haggio

Mohamed Farole Jr.

• Bryan BuckleyExecutive Producer · Screenplay · Director
• Matt LefebvreProducer
• Claude Dal FarraProducer
• Mino JarjouraProducer
• Irfaan FredericksProducer
• Peter PastorelliExecutive Producer
• Hilary DavisExecutive Producer
• Phil HuntExecutive Producer
• Stephen KelliherExecutive Producer
• Michael S. MurpheyExecutive Producer

Official UK Trailer

Release date

December 8, 2017

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

R

Genres

Drama

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