The captain of a British ship brings his 12 year old son as a midshipman on a voyage to Corsica. The first officer likes to punish everyone, so the sailors plan a mutiny.
An hour and 40 minutes sure felt like a long time. I think it took 3 tries with turn-offs to get through this. Not because it was that bad, just boring and slow paced. The plot absolutely failed to hold my interest even though sailors were being flogged between arguments. Characters were a major issue. The only one developed was the first officer antagonist. Dialogue and acting all seemed fine. There were lots of rough sailors and at least 2 dickhead officers. The only other character worth mentioning was a "gentleman" who thought he was in the wrong place and acted his part very well. Sets and costumes seemed to be no fakes. There were real ships, real naval wear of multiple hierachical levels and possibly even real cannons. Camera-work was another problem. The color balance was way off. It may have been the cameras in use in the early '60s or how the file was processed to make it digital, but it looked all gritty and the colors looked oversaturated. Special effects included people getting stabbed, cannon fire, smoke and ships on fire. The audio also played a role in how I disliked this. It sounded just as gritty as the video looked. The levels were correct, but it just sounded plain dirty. IMDb lists a rating of 7.1/10, AllMovie lists 3/5 AllMovie rating with 4/5 user ratings and Rotten Tomatoes lists 100% Tomatometer with 60% audience score for an average of 74.2%. I think that's a little high with all of the issues that I tried to explain. I rate this poor for being boring and irksome.
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