![]() ![]() When Jama escapes from his laughably incompetent Somali jailers, the countdown to Armageddon begins. He’s Jama Raisuli, an American Muslim who together with noted al-Qaeda operative Qasim al Salah is removed from the tanker Aphrodite just after they succeeded in hiding enough phone-activated explosives aboard to blow the ship and its load of natural gas to kingdom come. The cast spends quite a while checking each other out-an extended period that will delight fans of Leonard ( Road Dogs, 2009, etc.) and drive everyone else crazy-because they don’t know that the catalyst of all the action has yet to make an appearance. While she’s chatting them up and filming them, the Gold Dust Twins-Ari Ahmed Sheikh Bakar, aka Harry, and American-educated pirate Idris Mohammed-are scouring the area for terrorists, and billionaire Billy Wynn is in the neighborhood test-driving his latest girlfriend to see if Helene is up to the rigors of a topless sea voyage. Along with her grizzled factotum Xavier LeBo, she rents a boat and cruises the Horn of Africa looking for seafarers on every side of the law. ![]() Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Dara Barr wants to make a new film about Somali pirates. ![]() Leonard’s company of stock character types-the veteran law enforcer, the savvy professional woman, the seen-it-all sidekick, the horny billionaire-are so cool that they can confront international terrorism without batting an eyelash. ![]()
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