Way before ‘Pirates of the Carribean’, back in the 90's, Renny Harlin directed this big budget pirate movie. Eventually, it turned out to be a huge a flop, it was even listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest box office flop of all time. The production company, Carolco Pictures, even went bankrupt after this disaster. Eventually, was it that bad? Not really actually. I mea... read more
Description:This rousing tale of buried treasure, bleached bones, battles, duels and, above all, romance is set on the high seas of the 1600s--when men were daring... and so were the women. Morgan Adams, the beautiful daughter of a pirate, inherits a portion of a coveted treasure map. Also inheriting command of her late father's ship, The MorningThis rousing tale of buried treasure, bleached bones, battles, duels and, above all, romance is set on the high seas of the 1600s--when men were daring... and so were the women. Morgan Adams, the beautiful daughter of a pirate, inherits a portion of a coveted treasure map. Also inheriting command of her late father's ship, The Morning Star, Morgan and her men set off on a mission to lay claim to her fortune. In an effort to decipher the map's contents, she buys the handsome, educated William Shaw at a slave auction. A swindler and cheat who has finally been snared, Shaw joins the crew of The Morning Star and helps Morgan steal another portion of the map. Together they set sail in a race to beat the sinister pirate Dawg Brown to the legendary treasure of Cutthroat Island.... (more)(less)
"Katsottu: 1.4.2012
Ei tämä nyt niin huono ole, mitä väitetään. Piraattiteema on ihan mielenkiintoinen, ja Rennyn kohdalla tuotantoarvotkin ovat järeät. Ehkä juuri siksi tästä kyti niin suuri floppi.
Jos kuitenkin katsoo sen seikan yli, että kukaan ei pitänyt tästä, eikä kukaan tahtonut maksaa tämän näkemisestä. On tässä kyseessä ihan tervehenkinen seikkailu, joka viihdyttää ihan kivasti."
“Way before ‘Pirates of the Carribean’, back in the 90's, Renny Harlin directed this big budget pirate movie. Eventually, it turned out to be a huge a flop, it was even listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest box office flop of all time. The production company, Carolco Pictures, even went bankrupt after this disaster. Eventually, was it that bad? Not really actually. I mean, the costumes, the mood, the action scenes were all rather decent. The main issue is that the whole thing was unfortunately rather boring to watch. Indeed, it was too generic and predictable and the lack of exciting characters was really obvious. I mean, I have nothing against Geena Davis and Matthew Modine but they never managed to really excite me. It was actually a pretty neat idea to have a ” read more
Syrup_Hedgehog added this to a list 1 year, 5 months ago
"Tämähän oli ihan viihdyttävä tapaus. Lähes jatkuvasti on jotain meneillään, oli se sitten kapakkataistelua, takaa-ajoa, räjähdyksiä tai sitten vaan yleistä veijarointia. Geena Davis on kuitenkin tosi jähmeä ilmestys, pääpahis on todella PAHA tyyppi joka murisee kaikki vuorosanansa todella hilpeällä tyylillä ja onhan tämä muutenkin loppupeleissä täysin aivotonta törmäilyä mutta viihdytti kuitenkin odotettua paremmin. Onhan tämä surkeaa mainettaan parempi tekele kuitenk"