Title: Cutthroat Island

Directed by: Renny Harlin

Written by: Michael Frost Beckner & James Gorman and Bruce A. Evans & Raynold Gideon and Robert King & Marc Norman

Current Flickchart position:  #669 of 1327 overall.  My #24 film, of 55, from the year 1995.

What It’s About:
A female pirate (Geena Davis) and her companion (Matthew Modine) race against their rivals to find a hidden island that contains a fabulous treasure.

General Comments:
I wouldn’t say Cutthroat Island is good, I wouldn’t say it’s bad, but I would say that it doesn’t deserve to be considered the biggest flop in movie history or tagged as the film that bankrupted Carolco Pictures.  Cutthroat Island had a total budget of approximately $115 million and had a global box office of just $10 million equating to a loss of $105 million.  This was enough to bankrupt Carolco Pictures, the studio who were responsible for films like First Blood, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Rambo III, Red Heat, Total Recall, L.A. Story, The Doors, Terminator 2, Basic Instinct, Cliffhanger, and Showgirls.

There really isn’t a great deal to enjoy about Cutthroat Island with everything being thoroughly forgettable.  I will say that Matthew Modine was fucking terrible, and Geena Davis, an actress I really liked in Beetlejuice, The Long Kiss Goodnight and A League of Their Own, was less than impressive.

Watch the film for the novelty value and to see a movie which had the power to bankrupt a movie studio.  Oh, and a hint, when a film has this many writers it’s almost always shit.

Rating:  5/10