''Pirates of Treasure Island'' is a 2006 American comedy-drama film produced by

The Asylum The Asylum is an American independent film company and distributor that focuses on producing low-budget, direct-to-video films. It is notorious for producing titles that capitalize on productions by major studios, often using film titles and sc ...

, loosely adapted from

Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll a ...

's 1883 novel ''

Treasure Island ''Treasure Island'' (originally titled ''The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys''Hammond, J. R. 1984. "Treasure Island." In ''A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion'', Palgrave Macmillan Literary Companions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. .) is an adventure no ...

''. The film was criticized as an imitation of the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' film series, particularly as was released just before, and shares several similarities with, '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest''.

Plot

The story opens on Skeleton Island, an uncharted island somewhere in the

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouzet ...

chain, where

Long John Silver Long John Silver is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the novel ''Treasure Island'' (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson. The most colourful and complex character in the book, he continues to appear in popular culture. His missing l ...

and

Billy Bones Billy Bones is a fictional character appearing in the first section of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel ''Treasure Island''.''Treasure Island.'' In The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (2000).Stevenson, Robert Louis. 1883 994The Old Se ...

have staged a successful mutiny against

Captain Flint Captain J. Flint is a fictional golden age pirate captain who features in a number of novels, television series, and films. The original character was created by the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894). Flint first appears in ...

. The group is attacked by gigantic insects, and retreats back to the ship. In the chaos, Long John has one of his legs torn off by a giant beetle. In the United States in 1782, Jim Hawkins is the owner of the ''Admiral Benbow Inn'', but has grown tired of a life of monotony and seeks adventure. One of his customers, Billy Bones, dies in his inn and leaves Jim a treasure map showing the way to a treasure buried on Skeleton Island. After gaining the help of Dr. Livesey, Jim and Livesey recruit French mariner Captain Smollete, the captain of the schooner ''Hispaniola'', to sail out to Skeleton Island, under the pretence of going to collect specimens of local wildlife. Jim and Livesey recruit

, now using the alias of Barbecue, to act as ship's cook, with Long John providing the rest of the ship's crew. As the ''Hispanola'' makes its way to the island, Hawkins unintentionally discovers Long John's true intentions: to steal the map and to hijack the ''Hispaniola'' on behalf of his own band of pirates, whom make up the ship's crew. Long John plans to stage a mutiny upon arriving at Skeleton Island, and to kill the captain, Hawkins and Dr. Livesey so that all of the treasure will belong to the pirates. However, Hawkins is discovered, along with

Anne Bonny Anne Bonny (8 March 1697 – disappeared April 1721), sometimes Anne Bonney, was an Irish pirate operating in the Caribbean, and one of the few female pirates in recorded history. What little that is known of her life comes largely from Capta ...

, who had followed Jim from the inn, and gives him protection from Long John. On reaching Skeleton Island, the ''Hispanola'' is hijacked by Silver, with Smollette, Livesey and an American government official on the voyage kept prisoner on the ship whilst the others go ashore. With the help of marooned mariner Ben Gunn, Jim and Anne Bonney escape, and race to beat Long John and the pirates to the treasure.

Cast

Lance Henriksen Lance Henriksen (born May 5, 1940) is an American actor. He is known for his works in various science fiction, action and horror films, such as that of Bishop in the ''Alien'' film franchise, and Frank Black in Fox television series ''Millennium ...

Tom Nagel Tom Nagel (born October 27, 1980) is an American actor noted for his roles in direct-to-video films, such as '' The Butcher'', ''The Apocalypse'', ''Pirates of Treasure Island'', and '' Hillside Cannibals''. According to IMDb, Nagel left the U. ...

as Jim Hawkins *

Rebekah Kochan Rebekah Kochan is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Tiffani von der Sloot in the ''Eating Out'' franchise. Biography Kochan has been acting since she was nine years old. Her first role was in a Las Vegas production of ''An ...

Anne Bonney Anne Bonny (8 March 1697 – disappeared April 1721), sometimes Anne Bonney, was an Irish pirate operating in the Caribbean, and one of the few female pirates in recorded history. What little that is known of her life comes largely from Capta ...

* Rhett Giles as Wilkins * Jeff Denton as Dr. Livesey * James Ferris as Captain Smollete * Derek Osedach as Jack Falcon * Justin Jones as

* Chriss Anglin as

* Dean N. Arevalo as

Squire Trelawney Squire John Trelawney is a supporting character from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel ''Treasure Island''. Character overview Stevenson describes him as a tall man, over six feet high, and plump in proportion, and he has a bluff, rough-and-rea ...

* Josh Sobotik as Gray * Andrea Lui as Yeera "Yee" Wung * Leigh Scott as Ben Gunn * Jennifer Lee Wiggins as Polly

Review

The Nerd Signal found ''Pirates of Treasure Island'' to be a perfect film for fans of the work of The Asylum Studio.

References

External links

''Pirates of Treasure Island'' at The Asylum
* {{Treasure Island 2000s adventure comedy-drama films 2006 independent films 2006 films 2006 direct-to-video films Mockbuster films The Asylum films 2000s English-language films Films set in 1782 Treasure Island films Films set in the United States Films set in the Falkland Islands American adventure comedy-drama films Films directed by Leigh Scott 2006 comedy films 2006 drama films 2000s American films

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