Cutthroat Island 720p

Cutthroat Island 720p

Morgan Adams' father's dying gifts to her are his pirate ship and a one-third part of a map of a treasure island - unusually inscribed on his scalp. Thinking herself in need of a Latin scholar to unravel the map, she buys learned slave William Shaw and sets off in search of the rest of the map. However, it is Shaw, obviously with plans of his own, who gets the second part. He's somewhat easier to deal with, though, than the holder of the last part - Morgan's less-than-loving piratical uncle Dawg.
Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete her quest before they mutiny against her. This is made yet more difficult by the efforts of the British crown to end her piratical raids.
It's hard to find an action movie these days that doesn't involve countless scenes of gunplay. Don't mistake this movie for anything but an action film; a period action film that is. Generally action films that take place in past time period are some sort of Conan rip-off. The age of pirates is a genre so underexploited, but this movie has plenty of fun with it. Some absolutely great stunts in this movie, and lots of good cheesy one-liners. Unfortunately this movie didn't do too well and Geena and Harlin went on to make a modern gunplay action movie, but thanks for treating those of us who watch action for the fun of it, not some canned psycho-drama.
Whatever has happened to Langella?He did so much splendid theater work on the New York stage in the 1960s and 70s,and his early film work.Talk about a treat!He was one of the most pungent personalities in movies.Sinisterly handsome,sexy,sensuous,with a lanky musculature,and an aura of intriguing darkness.And now he&#39;s playing flawed villains who can&#39;t win due to their own self-destructive tendencies.(See Dave,and Junior,and you&#39;ll see what I mean.)<br/><br/> And,by the way,the way he gets it in the finale is totally unbelievable.Getting hit by a cannonball in no way would propel him through the bulkhead and into the deep.In real life,he&#39;d just be torn to shreds.
Cutthroat Island proves too stupidly smutty for children, too cartoonish for sane adults and not racy enough for anyone who regards Ms. Davis in a tight-laced bodice as its main attraction. The only serious incentive for seeing this spectacle is a fascination with extravagance, since Cutthroat Island is indeed scenic, hectic and big.
In order to get the PG rating for the theatrical release, more than a minute had to be removed, four more seconds got lost on the VHS release. Something that is also very interesting about the British VHS are the many instances of audio censorships. Punches, kicks and other fight audio effects were partially removed or just turned down in volume. This usually does not even catch the viewer&#39;s ear, however, all in all a certain censoring method can be made out. Interestingly enough, not a single one of these changes were applied to the British DVD version.<br/><br/>When the DVD was released in 2003, it would have been possible to release it uncut with the BBFC 15 rating, but the producers decided against it. The version that was given to the BBFC was already censored. Some of the previously cut scenes were put back into the movie, but others were removed instead. Still, one more scene (a headbutt) had to be removed in order to have the censoring agency let the film pass through without complaints. a5c7b9f00b