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Los Corsarios
The Corsairs
I Pirati dell'Isola Verde / Der wilde Korsar der Karibik
Spain/Italy 1971
produced by Julián Esteban for Società Ambrosiana Cinematografica, Ízaro Films
directed by Ferdinando Baldi
starring Dean Reed, Alberto de Mendoza, Annabella Incontrera, Paca Gabaldón, Tomás Blanco, Florinda Chico, Tito García, Paolo Gozlino, Pedro Luis Lozano, Sal Brogese, Leslie Bailey, José Luis Chinchilla, Adriano Cornelli, Antonio De Martino
written by Federico De Urrutia, Mario di Nardo, music by Nico Fidenco
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Pirate Captain Alan Drake (Dean Reed) and his men (and woman) have just
lost their ship, so they impertinently offer their services to local
Princess Isabella (Annabella Incontrera), who finally finds a task for
them: To attack evil pirate Roja's fortress and bring back a document that
will prove her to be the rightful ruler of her island - a fact strongly
contested by her own cousin, Duke Barr (Alberto De Mendoza). Isabella
hates Drake because he has spurned her advances, but at the same time
she's in love with him, so she poses as a poor blond orphan to become part
of his crew. Drake and men do their best to launch an attack on Roja's
fortress, but are not quick enough for the Princess's taste, so she leaves
his crew and reappears as dancing girl in a cheap joint, where she takes
Drake to her room to tell him a secret passageway into the fortress - and
they almost get intimate as well, wouldn't it be for Roja's men attacking
the place. Finally, Drake and men make their way into the fortress, and
even though they are no more than eight, they fight and defeat Roja's
entire gang, and in the end, Drake kills Roja and has to realize he and
the treacherous Duke Barr are one and the same man. And wouldn't you know
it, in the very end, Drake gets the girl (teh Princess), and only now does
he see through her masquerade ... Your typical South European
low budget pirate movie that features amazingly few scenes out on the open
sea and uses no more than one sailship in the entire plot, that's totally
oblivious to any historical facts, that features rather tired action and
at best second rate actors and actresses - but at the same time, it's also
colourful, enjoyably silly and simplistic, and will probably communicate
perfectly with the little boy in the (male) viewer, the boy who puts the
sense of adventure over its execution and prefers a light-footed approach
to a too obviously thought-through and overly intelligent script. That
doesn't make Los Corsarios a good film, but better than it's
supposed ot be, actually.
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