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CutThroat Island (1995)

Director: Renny Harlin

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From Time Out Film Guide

The pirate movie requires a dashing male star and a dose of lightly self-deprecating humour. In this $90m revisionist swashbuckler, we get Geena Davis doing the all-action honours, and a hotchpotch script that seems to think pirate movies are so funny in themselves the need for more humour is superfluous. The plot's well worn: a treasure map is sought by the star, her ill-matched cohort Modine, dully rhubarbing villain Langella, and others. On screen the money has bought yards of 17th century Jamaican fixtures and fittings, a couple of attractive galleons, and a warehouse of Semtex. Harlin is never a man to shy away from the lure of Very Big Explosions, and, on a technical level, the spectacle's impressive. The only actor to make much of an impact is Malahide's colonial officer, who extracts tart irony from the merest crumbs.

Author: TJ 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Cast & crew

Director: Renny Harlin

Producer: Renny Harlin, Joel B Michaels, Laurence Mark, James Gorman

Cast: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Patrick Malahide, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin, Stan Shaw, Rex Linn, Harris Yulin full cast

Genre(s): Action/Adventure

Duration: 125 mins


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