- Actors: Christopher Reeve, Charles Bronson, Catherine Mary Stewart
- Directors: Michael Anderson
- Studio: First Independent
- ASIN: B000OBYF2Y
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,930 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Best Of Bronson's latests.
16 Sep 1999
I like this TV movies for several reasons; it features the lovely Stewart, a strong hero in Reeve, and Bronson's best 90's performance. This movie clearly shows he can still do it, making it a real shame he's retired now. There have been many good versions of this story, and I truly think this one ranks up there with the best of them.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Loosely based on Jack Londons suburb adventure novel.
13 Feb 2001
Again, I must stress that this movie is LOOSELY based on Jack London's novel. Unfortunately I was disappointed with the movie. It strayed so far from the novel that Jack London must still be turning over in his grave.
Much of the dialog was taken from the novel. Many of the scenes were very faithful to the book and at times I was able to predict what was going to happen next because of reading the book. Many times I was not.
I feel they did an excellent job of casting. Charles Bronson, Christopher Reeve, and Catherine Mary Stewart were perfect choices for their respective characters. This conclusion is of course based from assessing the characters from the novel. Only by reading the novel can you fully understand my reasoning for this conclusion.
Again, the movie strayed too far from the novel. They took an excellent book of epic proportions and chopped it into a short story with choppy dialog, leaving the viewer without a clue as to why things were happening (unless you of course read the book).
The premise as to why the female lead, Flaxen Brewser (Maud Brewser in the book) was on-board is completely wrong. Catherine Mary Stewart did as good of a job with the character as she could, given the shallow character they turned Flaxen Brewser into, but there was not much for her to work with.
If they had followed the novel instead of the 1940's version of the movie, they could have actually made a great film. They completely butchered the "Miss Brewster" character. She was supposed to be an author, and well know in the literary circles of her day. She was to be beautiful and very intelligent. She is spoken of in the book as being "the finished product of the finest civilization". But they changed the character to be a thief posing as a woman of means. I stress this character because in the book she plays a major role in the last half of the story. In the movie she is simply window dressing.
Why they did this, I have no clue.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Bronson, Reeves PLUS Catherine Mary Stewart!!!
30 May 2005
This movie is a remake of the 1941 Classic based on the Jack London book of the same name. It is about a sadistic Sea Captain (Bronson) who rules the waves and his ship with an iron fist.This movie has drama, adventure on the High Seas PLUS some romance . What more could you ask for? Sadly , Christopher Reeves and Charles Bronson are no longer with us but they both did leave us with a legacy of very good movies and this is one of them.
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