Cutthroat Island Movie Review 1995

Big-budget swashbuckling adventure--long on action and short on plot and character. Female pirate captain Morgan Adams (Davis) is left part of a treasure map by her father and "persuades" educated slave/thief William Shaw (Modine), who has lots of charm and no morals, to assist her. Her scurvy Uncle Dawg (despically well-played by Langella) also has a portion of the map and is willing to let Morgan find the treasure--on Cutthroat Island--before taking it for himself. Director Harlin likes lots of big, noisy explosions (when he doesn't know what else to do) but Davis' exuberance for her pirate queen role is appealing.

Distribution

Artisan Entertainment, 2700 Colorado Ave., Ste. 200, Santa Monica, CA 90404, Phone: (310)449-9200, Fax: (310)255-3730, URL: http://www.artisanent.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 123 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Aunts & Uncles, Nieces & Nephews, Swashbucklers, Treasure Hunt, Island Fare, Wonder Women, Boom!, Pirates, Inheritance

Screenplay

Robert King, Marc Norman

Cast

Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Patrick Malahide, Stan Shaw, Maury Chaykin, Harris Yulin, George Murcell

Cinematography

Peter Levy

Director

Renny Harlin

Music

John Debney

Producer

Laurence Mark, Joel B. Michaels, Renny Harlin, James Gorman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures