- Pirates of Treasure Island

Mediocre acting with some over-acting, notably by Lance Henriksen as Long John Silver.Supposedly women on ships were regarded as unlucky yet five women are brought on board — two “friends” for the French owner of the ship, Anne Bonney “disguised” as a man, a Chinese woman “disguised” as a man, and an unexplained undisguised woman. This discrepancy just seems inexplicable & silly.Why did Rebekah Kochan as Anne Bonney have to show so much cleavage? Was this a bare attempt to sex up the movie? Why would a female pirate masquerading as a bar maid show cleavage once aboard ship & on the treasure island?

Was this suppose to be a serious pirate movie, or a comedy? It failed on both counts. Everything about this movie was bad, the casting,acting, script, dialog ( didn't anyone know how pirates talk?). I could go on and on, but you get the idea.

I liked it.

PIRATES OF TREASURE ISLANDYet another Asylum film that Lance Henriksen has chosen to be apart of and once again I had to buy it, this one at least is better than the last by a long shot. The last being that Da Vinci film this one at least is entertaining through out, well for the most part. This is well you guess it one of many films based on the Treasure Island book, and it was also released when a famous Depp film was released. I am certain you know what movie I am talking about.This film is about what you would already expect from a movie with its name, and island with treasure on it. There are a group of pirates who are after the treasure and are looking to return to the island and then a group of travelers who are on their way there as well, only a few of them know the real reason why they are going. Of course both groups are on the ship together not knowing about each other or their motives. That is until our lead character hears John Silver discussing his plans with his fellow pirates, and that leads to an interesting deal being made.Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel writers Carlos de los Rios, David Michael Latt [also producer], and Leigh Scott [also director] did a good job especially compared to other Asylum films. Don't get me wrong this is far from an academy award but hey at least it is full of b fun, know what I mean. Acting wise it is pretty much the same, bad but on a good level. Tom Nagel is our lead as Jim Hawkins and he was ok in this film and Rebekah Kochan was good as Anne Bonney. Lance Henriksen is good as Long John Silver but you can tell he was just having fun with the character, in fact the same can be said about the whole cast.The film is full of bad effects such as the creatures on the island but that is part of the film's charm I guess. The sets look bad but once again that is part of the appeal I think of this film, I don't know maybe I am being to nice to the film but we all liked it. If you have to have a good looking film with excellent sets, and effects, and whatever then this one is very much not for you. But if you don't mind so called "b" films and all the things most lack then this one is for you.

Classic adventure tale of Robert Louis Stevenson has been filmed so many times and the original novel is so famous that we don't need a plot summery here. This version from The Asylum, American independent film studio known for its low-budget direct-to video films, is clearly trying to capitalizes on the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" as its title suggests, but Asylum's adaptation is surprisingly faithful to Stevenson's book except for several minor changes such as additional female characters on the ship. However, the entertainment value of "Pirates of Treasure Island" is quite another thing, and sadly thrills, suspense and excitement is all nil here.In fact, the film, which runs barely 75 minutes, is extremely boring. If you are looking for swashbuckling adventures, sorry, you don't have one here because there is no swashbuckling fights in this film. Actually, there are some, but as every sword (and gun) fight is so poorly shot and choreographed, you just don't care what is going on there anyway.Top-billed Lance Henriksen plays Long John Silver. Henriksen, who was so brilliant in "Aliens" and TV's "Millennium," is not only miscast; his acting is also disappointingly weak, Young daredevil hero Jim Hawkins (Tom Nagel) is bland and other supporting characters just pop up and go away without making much sense. Terrible editing, costumes, and very small amount of effects don't help.That does not mean that Johnny Depp's effects-ridden two "Pirates" sequels are great, but at least they are not dull like this one, which seems going eternally with talk, talk, talk.

Cooler Film

I love a good pirate film but this most definitely wasn't anything like one. It's a shame it uses the success of the legendary Treasure Island story as a basis because the film even makes a mess of that. Don't really want to go on but it was a total waste of my rental allowance. Last word the giant bugs really did seal it for me, utter rubbish.

Ein weiterer Mock-Buster aus der Asylum-Schmiede: Gastwirt Hawkins macht sich auf um einen legendären Schatz zu finden und gerät dabei an Oberbösewicht Long John Silver und fliegenden Killerinsekten. Asylum bedient sich dabei schamlos an Klassikern wie der Schatzinsel und dem Kinohit Fluch der Karibik (wie üblich). Herausgekommen ist dabei ein recht träge dahindümpelnder Durchnittstrash ohne große Höhepunkte (wen wunderts). Doch halt! Zwei Höhepunkte gabs doch: Der riesige Schatz wurde mühelos in einer kleinen Holzkiste verstaut und das fliegende Käfermonster wird mittels einer Minikanone vom Himmel geputzt. Doch halt (die 2.)! Lance Henriksen in seiner Rolle als John Silver ist das einzig wirklich sehenswerte in diesem Mantel und Degenfilm (wie zu erwarten war) und steht letztlich für den dritten und letzten Bewertungsstern . Den Mantel selbst breiten wir rasch über dieses Asylum-Meisterwerk aus, lassen den Degen im Schrank und erfreuen uns stattdessen an einer Buddel Rum. Doch halt (die 3. und letzte)! Die Bild- und Tonqualität ist (wie bei Asylumfilmen meist üblich) sehr gut und gibt nur wenig Grund zur Klage.