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Cutthroat Island Movie Review Summary

Actors: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin, Patrick Malahide

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CUTTHROAT ISLAND is a movie directed by Finnish born director Renny Harlin in 1995.
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Morgan Adams, the daughter of a well-known pirate, wants to find the treasure her father has buried in a lost island of the Caribbeans. But her uncle Dawg Brown, who killed Morgan's father, wants the treasure too. Followed by Brown, Morgan and her crew are going to defy the elements and sail the Caribbean sea through a terrible storm. She'll finally find the island and the treasure hidden in a cave.
The review of this Movie prepared by Daniel Staebler



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Plot & Themes

Composition of Book Actual chase scenes or violence 40%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 30%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 30% Time/Era of Movie:    -   16th-19th century Wilderness adventure    -   Yes Plotlets:    -   searching for treasure Water adventure?    -   Yes Water plotlets    -   Pirate attack!

Main Character

Identity:    -   Female Age:    -   20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality    -   British Unusual characteristics    -   Ample Bosom and Buttocks (woman)

Setting

The Americas (not US):    -   Yes The Americas:    -   The Caribbean Jungles?    -   Yes Jungles    -   quicksand Water?    -   Yes Water:    -   warship    -   swimming on    -   feeding sharks Island?    -   Yes Island:    -   Caribbean Island Misc setting    -   prison    -   cave

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   moderately messy visuals of dead Sex/nudity in movie?    -   Yes Kind of violence:    -   hand to hand    -   guns    -   knives    -   swords Unusual forms of death    -   dropped from large heights    -   perforation--bullets    -   perforation--swords/knives Lot of special effects?    -   Yes If this is a kid's movie...    -   Ages 10-15

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
His Majesty O'Keefe starring Burt Reynolds, Joan Rice, André Morrell
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre starring Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, Walter Huston
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