The Island

– David Warner leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 49 Minutes
Release Year:
1980
The Island (1980)

David Warner leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation out in the Caribbean. Michael Caine is a reporter who goes out there with his son to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats. He runs across Warner and his band of raiders and they decide to induct them into their tribe.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA

The Island (1980) - Trailer

Release Date:

13 Jun 1980

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Michael Ritchie

Writer:

Peter Benchley (screenplay), Peter Benchley (novel)

Main Actors:

Michael Caine, David Warner, Angela Punch McGregor, Frank Middlemass

Plot:

In New York, the journalist Blair Maynard convinces his editor to travel to Florida to investigate the mysterious disappearance of ships in the Bermuda's Triangle area. Maynard is divorced and his ex-wife sends their son Justin to stay with him while she is traveling with her boyfriend. Maynard brings Justin with him and promises to go to the Disneyland with him. However he tells Justin that they will travel to the Bermuda's Triangle but their plane crashes in an island. Maynard rents the boat of the local Dr. Brazil to fish barracuda with his son. But they are attacked by pirates and Maynard kills one of them in self-defense. They are captured and find that they are trapped in an island with pirates under the command of John David Nau. Maynard is forced to be the substitute for the husband of the widow Beth and Justin is brainwashed and converted into a pirate. Now Maynard tries to find a way out from the pirate island.

Awards:

2 nominations.

Production:

Universal Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%