not good. only touching. unrealistic. and good seed for memories for its viewers. because it is a drawing. an exercise. crumb of future perestroika.a ball from action, patriotism, fight scenes and remarkable brave Soviet man. and sure, with ordinaries bad guys and their defeat. so, it is not exactly an artistic work but a testimony about a time. for its period, it was almost great, part of a special chain of surrogates with taste of free world movies. that is explanation for a gentle verdict. because , like many films, it is part of a kind of public youth, a form of entertainment.not very interesting today, not coherent or really smart but not bad in a cold Brezhnev regime.in fact, it was and remains a pretty occasion to live impressive scenes.
Review of Pirates of the 20th Century
