After a well regarded literary adaption called Tess. Roman Polanski wanted his next film to be a fun pirate romp for younger audiences. Taking inspiration from his favorite Disneyland ride, The Pirates of the Caribbean, Polanski decided on making a swashbuckler.
But Polanski being Polanski this fun film is very strange. It has scenes of attempted cannibalism, people vomiting, stepping on dog poop and a very odd rat eating scene. Just the kind of stuff to induce an audience to see it.
The film also has a beautiful damsel in distress who at the end of the film doesn't get rescued and looks to end up marrying the chief villain of the film.
Walter Matthau is the lead playing a character called Captain Red and in spite of the strange casting he's actually pretty good as a pirate. Polanski had intended to play Captain Red's sidekick a Frenchman called "The Frog," but instead the part actually went to a French actor.
The film has lots of action and it's an impressive production, the film does have some weird funny stuff in it and if you are a fan of this director's sense of humor, you might laugh out loud at some of the scenes Polanski has staged.
The film was unsurprisingly a big flop. Roman Polanski and his frequent collaborators Gerard Bach and John Brownjohn wrote the screenplay. The running time is 112 very weird minutes.
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