- Film Review
- Reviewed By David Parkinson
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2 out of 5
This pirate picture from Renny Harlin has all the ingredients to shiver the timbers and also boasts the best treasure map ever seen on screen, yet it has gone down in history as one of the biggest box-office disasters of recent times. Geena Davis and Matthew Modine swagger with suitable bravado, but their performances are sunk by the predictability of the action. The storm, the sea battle, the swordfights and the romance all work like clockwork, so there's little suspense to transform familiar spectacle into edge-of-the-seat excitement. It's polished entertainment, but with a little more imagination it could have been exhilarating.
Plot Summary
Swashbuckling action adventure starring Geena Davis and Matthew Modine. Morgan Adams sets sail in search of buried riches from a Spanish galleon when she is bequeathed a third of a treasure map by her father.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Morgan Adams
- Geena Davis
- William Shaw
- Matthew Modine
- Captain Dawg Brown
- Frank Langella
- John Reed
- Maury Chaykin
- Ainslee
- Patrick Malahide
- Glasspoole
- Stan Shaw
- Mr Blair
- Rex Linn
- Snelgrave
- Paul Dillon
- Bowen
- Chris Masterson
- Scully
- Jimmie F Skaggs
Crew
- Director
- Renny Harlin
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