Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

SnoopyStyle It's 1797 during the French Revolutionary Wars. Captain Crawford (Alec Guinness) is setting off on his ship, the H.M.S. Defiant, with his eager young boy. He's a veteran with a gentle touch considering the era. Lieut. Scott-Padget (Dirk Bogarde) is his new well-connected, ruthless, hardnosed first mate. There is a building conflict between the two. Much of the crew have been pressed into service by force and some are plotting a fleet wide mutiny.This is a well made thrilling sailing navy flick. The acting is first rate led by the great Guinness. The back and forth between Crawford and Scott-Padget is intriguing although more background for Scott-Padget would help. It's not quite at the level of the best of the genre but it's plenty good enough. The miniature action is quite nice. The hand to hand combat is thrilling. It's solid swashbuckling with a compelling clash of personalities.

JLRVancouver Set against the background of the Spithead Mutiny, a 18th century 'rebellion' by Royal Navy sailors against the brutal way many of them were treated, "Damn the Defiant" follows the build up to a mutiny on the fictitious HMS Defiant, a R.N. frigate serving in the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic wars. The film centers on the conflict between the relatively benign (or 'soft' to his detractors) captain (Alec Guinness) and his harsh (or 'brutal' to his detractors) and supercilious second in command, played by Dirk Bogarde, who is too well connected in the Admiralty to fear punishment for insubordination. Like the Bounty's infamous Captain Bligh, Bogarde's character is a cruel martinet but a highly competent and brave R.N. officer. Tension builds on the ship as the Captain has to deal with potentially out-of-date orders, his first officer's insubordination, the brutalisation of his young mid-shipman son, and the press-ganged crew's growing resentment of their living conditions and the brutal punishments being meted out. The shipboard scenes are very good, especially the battle scenes, and the story well told. Overall: an excellent period-piece Navel adventure.

Leofwine_draca DAMN THE DEFIANT! is a tight and compelling seafaring drama based on the true story of a mutiny in 1797. The script was written by Nigel Kneale, who brings the same wit and flair to the production as he did to his many sci-fi stories filmed by Hammer and others. The movie stars Alec Guinness as the mild-mannered captain of a British ship during the Napoleonic Wars and Dirk Bogarde as his sadistic first officer. Lewis Gilbert, best known for his Bond movies such as YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE and THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, sits in the director's chair.I'm in two minds about these older seafaring films; you can never be quite sure if they'll be exciting or stodgy, but thankfully this film falls into the former category. It's a fast paced adventure story with a good eye for character and a whole wealth of incident to keep the story moving. Guinness and Bogarde are at the top of their respective games and Anthony Quayle once again stands out playing the thoughtful mutineer. I particularly enjoyed the way that the subject of discipline is explored on the ship through some surprisingly vicious moments. There are a couple of big battle scenes which have slightly dated effects but nonetheless still work and a fantastic and inevitable climax. It's good stuff indeed.

richieandsam DAMN THE DEFIANT!I was not expecting to like this, but I did. I thought it was really good.The movie is about a British ship on it's way to meet a convoy, but on the way runs into a couple of French ships. What doesn't help is there is mutiny on the Defiant.The movie stars Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde & Anthony Quale. Everyone was brilliant... there was not much bad acting. Everyone was convincing and I felt for some of the characters. My favourite character was played by Alec. He seemed to be such a good captain, but he runs into trouble when his second in command decides to take his position.The story was average, but the cast and the action made the movie very good. There was some great fighting scenes between ships and even fighting scenes on the ships between people. The film was very subtle too. There were people being punished etc, but you didn't see anything which made this film family friendly.I will give this film a 7 out of 10.Another Alec classic... I am really growing into quite a fan.For more reviews, please like my Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ordinary-Person-Movie- Reviews/456572047728204?ref=hl