A film that put back pirate movies another decade and helped kill Carolco and Geena Davis' reign as movie star. She's not super convincing as a pirate but looks great with her long hair and willowy tops.
Big. Noisy. Glossy. Unexciting. I liked the colours. It always moved. Simple story ineptly executed - I got confused with all the map stuff. How hard is it to do a map story?
Weird to see Matthew Modine as a pirate. They never quite get a fix on his character. Weird to see Geena Davis as a pirate. Frank Langella suits this world.
I expected the dodgy script and odd casting. I was surprised how unmemorable the support cast where - the actors who played members of Davis' crew. Random dull black guy. Kid actor. Monkey. Random crusty people.
A mess. Still, it was a big colourful studio pirate picture.
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