Cutthroat Island

Cutthroat Island follows Morgan Adams, a pirate captain's daughter who inherits a ship and one third of a map marking the location of a legendary treasure. The remaining pieces are scattered, and the last one belongs to her uncle Dawg, the man responsible for her father's death. After buying William Shaw, a charming rogue who turns out to hold another section of the map, Morgan sets out to gather the pieces before her doubtful crew turns against her. Pursuit by the British Crown, which wants her raids stopped, adds to the pressure. The film is set in the pirate era of the seventeenth century, largely around Jamaica and the Caribbean.

Renny Harlin directed the film, the seventh of the twenty-eight features he has directed in chronological order, arriving between Cliffhanger and The Long Kiss Goodnight. Marc Norman and Robert King wrote the screenplay, and Joel B. Michaels, Laurence Mark and Harlin produced. Geena Davis plays Morgan, with Matthew Modine as William Shaw, Frank Langella as Dawg, and Maury Chaykin, Patrick Malahide and Stan Shaw in supporting roles. The production was large, with a budget reported at 102 million US dollars, and it returned about 16 million US dollars worldwide.

Audience reception places the film in mixed territory: on IMDb it holds 5.7 out of 10 from 29,956 votes, and on TMDB 5.8 out of 10 from 648 votes. A critics' rating of 4.9 out of 10 from 42 reviews sits somewhat below those audience scores, though all three fall in similar middle ground.