18th century. Caribbean. Pirate Captain Ned Lynch, along with the team, confronts the brutal governor of Jamaica, Lord Durant. He grabbed a black assistant and Lynch's friend. But the pirates managed to pull him right off the gallows. Well, then we are waiting for a typical set of films of this genre. Noble heroes (which real pirates have never been), treacherous villains, sword fights, romantic love.
Director James Gladstone, apparently realizing that in the mid-70s he was shooting a movie about noble pirates in complete seriousness strangely, filled the picture with a great deal of irony and humor. Lynch’s team behaves quite pirated: they walk, drink and communicate with ladies of easy behavior. The captain himself is also not a fool to walk, a big female lover and is not eager to help the heroine in the fight against the cruel governor. Lord Durant is treacherous, cruel, squeamish-aristocratic and generally a lover of moral decomposition with savor, while fencing well. There is, of course, a noble heroine, very militant. And also quite unusual for pirate paintings black assistant captain.
Captain Lynch was played by Robert Shaw, more familiar in negative roles. Here he performed quite well and ironically. The assistant was played by the voice of Darth Vader by James Earl Jones. Genevieve Bujot is very charming, fights with swords, jumps from a ship and bathes naked. Peter Boyle is doing something wrong.
Not a bad sight for pirate movie lovers. Adventure, a lot of humor, a little bit of romance.
7 out of 10