Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella

This rousing tale of buried treasure, bleached bones, battles, duels and, above all, romance is set on the high seas of the 1600s--when men were daring... and so were the women. Morgan Adams, the beau...( read more  read more... )tiful daughter of a pirate, inherits a portion of a coveted treasure map. Also inheriting command of her late father's ship, The Morning Star, Morgan and her men set off on a mission to lay claim to her fortune. In an effort to decipher the map's contents, she buys the handsome, educated William Shaw at a slave auction. A swindler and cheat who has finally been snared, Shaw joins the crew of The Morning Star and helps Morgan steal another portion of the map. Together they set sail in a race to beat the sinister pirate Dawg Brown to the legendary treasure of Cutthroat Island.

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PG-13, 2 hrs. 3 min.

Directed by: Renny Harlin

Release Date: December 22, 1995

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DVD Release Date: July 25, 2000

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  • January 15, 2008
    A personal childhood favourite of mine! I had this huge crush on Geena Davis, don't ask me why.
  • August 14, 2007
    Captain Morgan Adams and her male companion race a rival and British soldiers to find a hidden fabulous treasure that contains riches beyond one's dreams.
    Before Johnny Depp made being a pirate cool, Geena Davis and Matthew Modine starred in Cutthroat Island, a swashbuckling Pira...( read more)te adventure. Cutthroat Island isn't as good as Pirates of the Caribbean, but in many ways, it's just as fun. Davis and Modine work well off each other and Langella makes an excellent villain. Three out of 5 cannonballs.
  • May 11, 2007
    Geena Davis did the Pirates of the Caribbean thing a decade before Mr. Depp. And did it a hell of a lot worse. Basically Renny Harlin failed to take into account the fact that it's supposed to be a period pirate film, and directed it in exactly the same way as he did Die Hard 2, ...( read more)explosions and all. Although everyone is dressed as 17th century pirates it has zero sense of period and therefore it's frankly laughable.
  • December 8, 2006
    Before 'Pirates' brought back the pirate movie, there was this movie, which turned out to be a disaster, but I like it. It's a standard 'buried pirate booty' movie, full of grand swashbuckling, ships and cannons, moving along by way of a treasure map. Fun for me.
  • October 19, 2006
    This amazingly poor film is my guilty pleasure because 1. it's amazingly poor and 2. it stars the golopshious geena davis
  • October 10, 2009
    O this movie was awsome!!! The 1st time I heard that Geena Davis had played a pirate I laughed-But after i saw I wished I had seen it sooner. & if this movie would've waited just 6 or 7 years it woulda been a BIG HIT!!! Every character in this movie was great.i just LOVE LOVE Thi...( read more)s Movie I wish they would either re-make it or continue the story
  • September 6, 2009
    Acting is good (maybe not Davis) and the action is great!! It's a fun movie to watch. Why does everyone hate it?
  • July 23, 2009
    Worst film ever? I need to detox with a PotC marathon.
  • July 18, 2009
    This is pretty bad and silly as movies get. It's suppose to be a fun adventure, but it manages to to a dull splash in the pool.
  • June 21, 2009
    Great action flick with Geena Davis as a pirate kicking ass - Loved it

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