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Morgan Adams is the daughter of a pirate, Captain Black Harry.
When on his death bed, Black Harry bequeaths his ship and
his crew of bandits to her and also reveals that he has a
third treasure map tattooed on his skull. Morgan sets sail
on the high seas in Jamaica with her well educated slave,
William Shaw in search of the two remaining pieces... which
lie in the hands of Morgan's evil uncle, Captain Dawg...
Well
established as the movie that destroyed the production company
that made hit movies including Terminator 2 and Basic
Instinct, Cutthroat Island cost $92 million to
produce and made very little at the box office. And once you've
seen it you'll realise why. Word of mouth is a powerful weapon.
The
acting is awful, the lighting designer should have been shot
and the whole production looks like it never received any
continuity checks.
A
lot of the scenes are so badly lit, that they look like behind
the scenes footage. And there are a few shots which are filmed
as external shots, but where actually filmed in a sound studio.
This is so obvious that it looks like a cheap made for TV
movie. So where did the money go? There are two pirate ships
and that seems to be it for expensive sets - the remaining
sets look much worse than any BBC period drama that will have
cost a fraction of the price.
But
what really made me laugh was the treasure map that Morgan
Adams takes from her dead father. She scalps him (as the map
is tattooed on his head) and for the rest of the movie whenever
she gets it out it changes from a square piece of skin to
a bald cap shaped prop. What is going on? And why did he tattoo
it to his head, when the other maps where printed on wood
and paper?
Extras
include a trailer, a making of documentary, a behind the scenes
documentary, interviews, Storyboards and an audio commentary
by Renny Harlin. However I really could not be bothered to
watch these as it wouldn't matter how good these extras are...
you can't polish a turd.
Pete
Boomer
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