Stars: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin, Patrick Malahide, Stan Shaw

Director: Renny Harlin

Summary: From Renny Harlin, the director of CLIFFHANGER and DIE HARD 2, and starring Geena Davis (THELMA & LOUISE) and Matthew Modine (MARRIED TO THE MOB), this action-packed adventure film sees a tough-as-barnacles lady pirate, named Morgan Adams fight off her villainous uncle while attempting to retrieve a buried treasure hidden away on Cutthroat Island.<BR>Before Morgan's pirate father dies of a wound obtained in battle, he tells her about the hidden riches and the map that will lead her to them. Morgan assumes command of her father's ship and sets off to find the treasure. To help her accomplish her mission, she turns to William Shaw, an educated slave who is the only one who can interpret the part of the map written in Latin. However, Morgan's evil Uncle Dawg and his band of swashbuckling henchmen stand in their way. Plenty of sword-fighting action ensues before the treasure can be found.

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Although this mega-budget action epic flopped at the box office with a resounding thud, Cutthroat Islandhas had a healthy shelf life on home video, where the film can be savoured in private as a spectacular guilty pleasure. Geena Davis plays Morgan, the swashbuckling daughter of an aging buccaneer who inherits one-third of a map to a secret pirate treasure. However, the map is in Latin, and she needs a lowdown thief and scoundrel (and presumably Latin scholar), played by Matthew Modine, to translate the map when they obtain the other two pieces. That's when the mayhem begins and the dashing duo race for the treasure against Morgan's scheming uncle (Frank Langella) and a hoard of greedy pirates. With wall-to-wall action ably handled by Davis' then-husband Renny Harlin, Cutthroat Islandis more fun than its box-office performance would indicate. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Trailer, Making Of Documentary, Behind The Scenes Footage, Interviews, Storyboards, Commentary By Renny Harlin
Subtitles:	English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish
Year:	1995
Release Date:	December 1, 2003
Runtime:	117 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	M P 090 D
Keywords:	Action, Island, Off, General, Wide, Screen, Adventure, Schedule, Cutthroat
Genre:	Action/Adventure