Against All Flags
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Movie Reviews of Against All Flags
Movie Review: Be aware!
Summary: 5 Stars
Be aware! This is not an official release but some bootleg 'made in China'. Quality therefor is not up to standard. A shame though that the official companies don't put more effort in releasing films like this. There sure is a market for them otherwise some bootlegger wouldn't take the trouble...Movie Review: Where is this movie???
Summary: 5 Stars
A swashbuckling classic that has remained hidden for too many years. The pairing Errol Flynn and Maureen O'Hara was fantastic. Flynn is the agent of England sent to stop the activities of pirates that include O'Hara as a pirate captain. Lots of fun as you would expect from these two.Movie Review: Vanquisher
Summary: 4 Stars
Maureen was fit for a pirate captain,and she showed me her gentlewomanship.But I am very sorry she was vanquished by Errol at last.Movie Review: "Against All Flags (1952) ... Errol Flynn ... George Sherman (2007)"
Summary: 3 Stars
Universal Pictures presents "AGAINST ALL FLAGS" (1952) (83 min/Color) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) -- Starring Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn & Mildred Natwick
Directed by George Sherman
Its 1700 and the pirates of Madagascar menace the India trade. British officer Brian Hawke has himself cashiered, flogged, and set adrift to infiltrate them. There, Hawke meets Spitfire Stevens, a pirate captain in her own right, and the sparks begin to fly, especially after he rescues adoring young Princess Patma from a captured ship. Meanwhile, Hawke's secret mission proceeds to an action-packed climax.
"Against All Flags" is every bit the classic swashbuckler. While it may not be in quite the same league as some of Flynn's earlier work such as "Captain Blood" and "The Sea Hawk". Maureen O'Hara is at her beautiful best, Anthony Quinn rounds out the cast as the ruthless Captain Roc Brasiliano and proves to be a handful nemesis for Flynn. For the classic adventure fan, "Against All Flags" is a must-see. it is still a greatly entertaining romp.
Flynn is back to his best in what is considered to be "the last of the great swashbucklers"
BIOS:
1. George Sherman [Director]
Date of Birth: 14 July 1908 - New York
Date of Death: 15 March 1991 - Los Angeles County, California
2. Errol Flynn [aka: Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn]
Date of Birth: 20 June 1909, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Date of Death: 14 October 1959, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3. Maureen O'Hara [aka: Maureen Fitzsimons]
Date of birth: 17 August 1920 - Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland (now Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland)
Date of death: Still Living
4. Anthony Quinn [aka: Antonio Rudolfo Oaxaca Quinn]
Date of Birth: 21 April 1915 - Chihuahua, Mexico
Date of Death: 3 June 2001, Boston, Massachusetts
Mr. Jim's Ratings:
Quality of Picture & Sound: 3 Stars
Performance: 4 Stars
Story & Screenplay: 3 Stars
Overall: 3 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing]
Total Time: 83 min on DVD ~ Universal Pictures ~ (03/27/2007)
Movie Review: Against All Flags - Hong Kong DVD
Summary: 3 Stars
"Against All Flags" was not Errol Flynn's last film, but - as noted by Leonard Maltin - it was his last good movie before booze and womanizing finally did him in. It is perfectly cast and takes itself semi-seriously. Indeed, it is one of the last really good Hollywood pirate films.
This Chinese (Hong Kong) edition is largely free of scratches and artifacts. Colors, however, have faded somewhat and gone muddy. Although flesh tones are pretty good, there is a need for a properly restored edition. Nevertheless, the fact that "Against All Flags" was shot using the three strip Technicolor process means that it is still in reasonably good shape without an expensive restoration job. An unrestored mid-50s single strip color flick would be virtually unwatchable.
This film is often compared to somewhat earlier pirate flicks "The Black Swan" and "The Spanish Main," as both those films star Maureen O'Hara flipping her fabulous red hair around. In my view, "Against All Flags" is the best of the three.
Hopefully the original three greyscale Technicolor negatives still exist, so that a really good DVD can eventually be released. A properly restored version would get four stars - I deducted one star due to the above color issues.
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