Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

John T. Ryan IN AN AGE when blood and gore realism was a hallmark and element of so many pictures, SWASHBUCKLER offers a quaint bit of contrast. Without doing a total number on a particular genre a la AIRPLANE, this film hearkens back to the likes of THE SEAHAWK and THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD both with the greatest of all screen Swashbucklers, Errol Flynn.IN SETTING UP the production, the producer/director/casting agency all quickly got on the same page. Meticulously designing, constructing and executing a film that had nothing quite like it at that point in time.IN BRINGING TOGETHER a cast which would do justice to their vision of the story, they went with top talent; all of whom just happened to be "Hot Box Office". Robert Shaw (THE STING, JAWS), James Earl Jones, Genevieve Bujold (ANNE OF AS THOUSAND DAYS, EARTHQUAKE)_, Peter Boyle (JOE, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE)and Beau Bridges making up the major players, were all at the top of their collective game and at Box Office $$$$.THE INCLUSION OF great sets, location shooting, costuming, weaponry and the all important "Pirate Ships" easily transported us from 20th century America to a 17th century "Spanish Maine" (the Carribbean).THE PURPOSE OF doing the film in this manner was to make a very untypical picture for the '70's. We the audience were invited to see an "Old Fashioned" movie, through the eyes of a kid; the way that we should view life, itself.WHY THEY PROBABLY could have garnered an unthinkable "G" Rating!HORRORS, NOT THAT!"Highly Recommended" (and little seen today)!

ragosaal Critics were hard on "Swashbuckler" in my Country too. However I've been watching films for 45 years now and there are some things I'm pretty sure on movies. As most things in life everything is just a matter of opinion and each one's own preferences and tastes. Critics are just movie fans -like any other one- that have the possibility of making their opinions known, but that's the only difference with us, and in fact I don't agree with them very often. "Swashbuckler" is one of those cases. Considering this film within it's genre -there's no other way to analyze a film- I found it most entertaining and enjoyable.The first point in favor of "Swashbuckler" is that the director, crew and actors didn't take it too seriously and they aimed to an action, romance, amusing and unpretentious pirate movie; and they succeeded in my opinion.Robert Shaw was no Errol Flynn and he didn't even try to be but he is convincing as pirate Captain Ned Lynch who joins a noble damsel in distress (Genevieve Bujold) to fight tyrannic Jamaica governor Durant played by Peter Boyle (he isn't Basil Rathbone and also doesn't pretend to be) who achieves a most original and colorful villain (his deadly sword training with more than one opponent at a time is most enjoyable and interesting). The rest of the cast that includes James Earl Jones, a funny Beau Bridges and Angelica Houston are a good support too.Director James Goldstone does a prolix job in beautiful Caribbean outdoor sceneries and keeps entertainment all along with very well achieved action scenes and sword play.All in all, if you enjoy pirate films this is one to see (the critics opinions notwithstanding).

traderviqz If one can simply recall that movies are to take us away, whether from or to is personally specific, then it would take a profoundly negative person to think poorly of any well made and well acted movie. This is such a flick, decently focused relative to plot, well chosen costuming and locations, great cinematography . . . what more can you ask? If you want a 'film', with all its highbrow silliness, it's true you might not wanna go there with this one, but jeez, does anyone who only goes to 'films' even tell anyone else they know that they're painfully pretentious? This one has no pretensions, and since when is Genevieve in any state of undress a minus? Good entertainment, which is what I want when i spend money on a movie, and Swashbuckler delivers with aplomb.JGS

David Edward Martin I often wonder if Bujold had it in her contracts that she HAD to appear naked at some point in any film she made in the 70s.That said, the film is an enjoyable flick. I'm hoping the success of Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) prompts whoever owns Swashbuckler to give it a nice DVD release.