A Hijacking(Kapringen)

Time Out London by

A Hijacking’ is gripping in the way the best Danish TV is – in its no-frills authenticity.

Empire by Angie Errigo

A slow burner; intense, utterly engrossing and believable.

New York Magazine (Vulture) by David Edelstein

It’s an unshowy, quietly intense drama with grace notes in every scene — and a hellish punch.

Variety by Guy Lodge

Hostage thrillers are all-too-often shrill affairs, with clock-watching screenwriters wringing maximum melodrama from spiraling disorder. Not so Tobias Lindholm’s superb A Hijacking, which actually grows more chillingly subdued as its nightmare scenario unfolds.

The Playlist by Oliver Lyttelton

The film isn’t a white knuckle ride, and the pacing can be slow at times, but this is one of those cases where that’s sort of the point, and you certainly don’t begrudge it. A Hijacking is an absorbing, highly moving film.

The Telegraph by Robbie Collin

Flies buzz, sweat trickles, negotiations continue, and you feel your breath dry up.

The Guardian by Xan Brooks

Danish director Tobias Lindholm spins an exacting drama out of a crisis on this deft, verite-style account of Somali piracy in the Indian ocean. Full credit to A Hijacking for resisting the siren-call of Hollywood histrionics in favour of the nuts-and-bolts.