The Crimson Pirate (1952) :
Brief Review -
In the top 5 Pirate films ever made in Hollywood. Count yourself unlucky not to have known it. So here are my top 5 pirate flicks: "The Black Pirate" (1926), "Captain Blood" (1935), "The Sea Hawk" (1940), "POTC" (2003) and "The Crimson Pirate" (1952). I did not count Clark Gable's Oscar-winning classic "Mutiny on The Bounty" (1935), since it had a sea voyage and action adventure but no pirate character in the lead. Robert Siodmak's technicolour pirate flick is a BLAST! Yes, that's the least to say. Today, I haven't just added another great film to my watchlist; I have added nostalgia, and I'll make sure my children will have it as their childhood memories in the future. A complete blockbuster experience at the masala movies that we Indians have grown up watching, and today I realised how much of those classic masala movie conflicts were influenced by this Hollywood flick. The Crimson Pirate is about a pirate who captures the King's ship carrying his Majesty's envoy and makes a bargain with them to find a rebellion called Libre. He falls in love with Libre's daughter and goes against pirate codes to keep his promise of freeing Libre and his daughter. It's a fantastic script for a pirate film, and the screenplay is too good. It's an out-and-out entertainer with plenty of action, adventure, and explosions. A couple of things are messy, of course, but rest assured, it's a bombastic entertainer. There are so many scenes I am gonna cherish forever. Vallo and Ojo's hide and seek riot with soldiers, them going as Royal officers to get Libre, pirates capturing ship, that underwater escape with drowning ship, the short war sequence, and the battle in the climax. What a delightful experience it was. From nowhere, Burt Lancaster is suddenly in my list of favourite pirates with Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn, and Johnny Depp. Dear Robert Siodmak, thank you for this pleasant surprise.
RATING - 7.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.
In the top 5 Pirate films ever made in Hollywood. Count yourself unlucky not to have known it. So here are my top 5 pirate flicks: "The Black Pirate" (1926), "Captain Blood" (1935), "The Sea Hawk" (1940), "POTC" (2003) and "The Crimson Pirate" (1952). I did not count Clark Gable's Oscar-winning classic "Mutiny on The Bounty" (1935), since it had a sea voyage and action adventure but no pirate character in the lead. Robert Siodmak's technicolour pirate flick is a BLAST! Yes, that's the least to say. Today, I haven't just added another great film to my watchlist; I have added nostalgia, and I'll make sure my children will have it as their childhood memories in the future. A complete blockbuster experience at the masala movies that we Indians have grown up watching, and today I realised how much of those classic masala movie conflicts were influenced by this Hollywood flick. The Crimson Pirate is about a pirate who captures the King's ship carrying his Majesty's envoy and makes a bargain with them to find a rebellion called Libre. He falls in love with Libre's daughter and goes against pirate codes to keep his promise of freeing Libre and his daughter. It's a fantastic script for a pirate film, and the screenplay is too good. It's an out-and-out entertainer with plenty of action, adventure, and explosions. A couple of things are messy, of course, but rest assured, it's a bombastic entertainer. There are so many scenes I am gonna cherish forever. Vallo and Ojo's hide and seek riot with soldiers, them going as Royal officers to get Libre, pirates capturing ship, that underwater escape with drowning ship, the short war sequence, and the battle in the climax. What a delightful experience it was. From nowhere, Burt Lancaster is suddenly in my list of favourite pirates with Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn, and Johnny Depp. Dear Robert Siodmak, thank you for this pleasant surprise.
RATING - 7.5/10*
By - #samthebestest.