This overblown mess is set in the Atlantic Ocean, in the year 1659, stars two rogue crooks, the infamous aging English pirate Thomas Bartholomew Red (Walter Matthau), known as Captain Red, he's a highly regarded pirate and his gains and losses on the high seas , accompanied by a reckless , brave young . Luckless scoundrel Bartholomew has loads of cunning , shrewness and no morals, but this time he's a castaway along with his ship's teenage cabin boy called Jean-Baptiste (Cris Campion), nicknamed "Frog". Nowadays, they are lost on a raft without supplies in the ocean. They then are rescued when suddenly a Spanish galleon shows up . Luckily, Captain Red and Frog are picked up by Neptune, a Spanish ship en route to Spain. Thrown into the brig, Red and Frog meet the ship's cook Boomako (Olu Jacobs), imprisoned after being accused of poisoning the Neptune's captain Linares (Ferdy Mayne) in a supposed attempt at stealing the golden throne, loot from the Aztec King Catapec Anahuac, that is being secretly transported in the galleon's hold. Of course, our scurvy veteran pirate wants to take the treasure at whatever cost and he won't stop at nothing to get it . So Captain Red becomes obsessed with capturing the throne for himself . Meanwhile, Frog falls in love with beautiful Maria-Dolores (Charlotte Lewis), the niece of Maracaibo's governor. Along the way , Frog persuades the educated young girl who has lots of charm , to assist him . The main problem is that the valuable treasure has been already taken by Don Alfonso de la Torré (Damien Thomas) and to be necessary the revealing of its location. The Course has been set. There is no Turning Back. Prepare Your Weapons . Summon Your Courage . Discover the Adventure of a Lifetime ¡.
Big budget pirate adventure about a pirate captain attempting to take a treasure for himself. Long on action and short on studio character and plot , resulting to be an agreeable , if occassionally vulgar yarn . An underrated epic pirate movie that failed at box office , set in 17th century, and stars a hilarious pirate searching for a valuable treasure. This ¨Pirates (1986)¨contains broad comedy , no story to speak of . Lavish swashbuckling with great production design in which almost everything from entire sea ports and ships are destroyed along the way in a series of impressive stunts that will have your breath away, as well as spectacular sea battles in which entire boats to Caribbean were bombed , though really shot in Malta. Youngsters will be entranced and amused by the frolics and antics of our likeable main starring , the great Walter Matthaw who provides a terrific show as the formidable pirate who sets his eyes on a priceless golden throne and spends most of continuous attempts to steal it . Too much action but repetitive , heavily focused on the interminable tryings to rob the golden treasure , as the camera's too busy making love with the re-created Spanish galleon , costing eight of the picture's thirty million bucks .Well starred by Walter Matthaw , he gives sympathy and exuberance enough for his outlandish pirate role . His companion is nicely played by the unknown newcomer Cris Campion of short career . They are finely accompanied by a good support cast , such as : Charlotte Lewis , Damien Thomas, Ferdy Mayne, David Kelly, Tony Peck, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Anthony Dawson, Richard Pearson , among others.
Special mention for the rousing and thrilling musical score by French composer Phiippe Sarde. As well as colorful and sunny cinematography by cameraman Witold Sobocinski , shot on wonderful locations in Malta , Tunis, Tunisia and Seychelles. The motion picture was co-written and professionally directed by the Polish Roman Polanski (Rosemary's Baby, The pianist , Bitter moon, Frantic, Dance of vampires), but doesn't succeed as the pirate comedy it's intented to be . It's not in the same class as ¨Burt Lancaster's The Crimson Pirate¨ or ¨Johnny Depp's Caribbean Pirates¨ as a pirate parody , but lightwiight fun. Rating : 6/10. Essencial and fundamental seeing for Walter Matthaw fans. Worthwhile watching .
Big budget pirate adventure about a pirate captain attempting to take a treasure for himself. Long on action and short on studio character and plot , resulting to be an agreeable , if occassionally vulgar yarn . An underrated epic pirate movie that failed at box office , set in 17th century, and stars a hilarious pirate searching for a valuable treasure. This ¨Pirates (1986)¨contains broad comedy , no story to speak of . Lavish swashbuckling with great production design in which almost everything from entire sea ports and ships are destroyed along the way in a series of impressive stunts that will have your breath away, as well as spectacular sea battles in which entire boats to Caribbean were bombed , though really shot in Malta. Youngsters will be entranced and amused by the frolics and antics of our likeable main starring , the great Walter Matthaw who provides a terrific show as the formidable pirate who sets his eyes on a priceless golden throne and spends most of continuous attempts to steal it . Too much action but repetitive , heavily focused on the interminable tryings to rob the golden treasure , as the camera's too busy making love with the re-created Spanish galleon , costing eight of the picture's thirty million bucks .Well starred by Walter Matthaw , he gives sympathy and exuberance enough for his outlandish pirate role . His companion is nicely played by the unknown newcomer Cris Campion of short career . They are finely accompanied by a good support cast , such as : Charlotte Lewis , Damien Thomas, Ferdy Mayne, David Kelly, Tony Peck, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Anthony Dawson, Richard Pearson , among others.
Special mention for the rousing and thrilling musical score by French composer Phiippe Sarde. As well as colorful and sunny cinematography by cameraman Witold Sobocinski , shot on wonderful locations in Malta , Tunis, Tunisia and Seychelles. The motion picture was co-written and professionally directed by the Polish Roman Polanski (Rosemary's Baby, The pianist , Bitter moon, Frantic, Dance of vampires), but doesn't succeed as the pirate comedy it's intented to be . It's not in the same class as ¨Burt Lancaster's The Crimson Pirate¨ or ¨Johnny Depp's Caribbean Pirates¨ as a pirate parody , but lightwiight fun. Rating : 6/10. Essencial and fundamental seeing for Walter Matthaw fans. Worthwhile watching .