I can't help but imagine that there was someone out there who heard about Light At The Edge Of The World and thought:"Kirk Douglas,Jules Verne adaptation,pirates this must be like 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea." A movie to take your kids to. They would have been in for a surprise.
This film probably gives the most true depiction of pirates. Two men or tortured and executed,a ship of innocent people are hacked to death mercilessly, a monkey is torn apart, and a man is flayed. The movie,as can be deducted, is very violent.
If there is one thing it is more than violent, its illogical. Every scene of this film is rank with illogical moves. From major plot points to the simplest decisions whatever the dumbest thing to do is-it's what happens. I could list them all,but I'll save my time as it would take roughly 30 mins to do.
Two redeeming features of the picture are: the late,great, Kirk Douglas who does a good job with an extremely dumb character and Yul Brenner is a very believable heavy.
One of the better of the many lower budget films made by the Sulkand family and certainly no Disney movie.
This film probably gives the most true depiction of pirates. Two men or tortured and executed,a ship of innocent people are hacked to death mercilessly, a monkey is torn apart, and a man is flayed. The movie,as can be deducted, is very violent.
If there is one thing it is more than violent, its illogical. Every scene of this film is rank with illogical moves. From major plot points to the simplest decisions whatever the dumbest thing to do is-it's what happens. I could list them all,but I'll save my time as it would take roughly 30 mins to do.
Two redeeming features of the picture are: the late,great, Kirk Douglas who does a good job with an extremely dumb character and Yul Brenner is a very believable heavy.
One of the better of the many lower budget films made by the Sulkand family and certainly no Disney movie.