If they had succeeded…?

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Captain Phillips

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asdf189756 — 9 years ago(January 02, 2017 10:29 AM)

In getting back to Somalia, would they have just let Captain Philips go and call for help or would they have killed him anyway?

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go_titans — 9 years ago(January 02, 2017 07:15 PM)

Its been a while since I've seen this film so I can't quite remember the circumstances around what you're asking about, but in all cases these people are about the money, not the killing, and ransom is their chief demand. If they start killing their hostages, they know future ransom payments for other hostages will cease.

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IMDb_wanderer — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 01:52 AM)

They could've held him prisoner for as long as they wanted to. Or at least until they were paid, but even that wouldn't guarantee a happy ending for Captain Phillips though.
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