Surprisingly, I hadn't even heard of this film until I found it while stumbling around looking for something to watch. When I read the plot, along with its legendary cast, I was dumbfounded. Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins,Liam Neeson and Daniel Day-Lewis all in a film together has the makings of an epic... The story follows Lieutenant William Bligh --played by Anthony Hopkins -- who commands a British ship to the island of Tahiti, seeking to trade goods. Once grounded, the ship's men blissfully become corrupted by their lust for the islands exotic temptations, and its beautiful half naked women. Fletcher Christian --played by Mel Gibson -- is Lieutenant Bligh's mate and personal friend. He is the first to succumb to the islands temptations, falling in love with one of the "savage" girls. When Bligh catches sight of how his men are behaving, he casts down heavy punishments upon them. This in turn leads to inner grumblings amongst the lower deck sailors. Bligh begins the voyage back to Brittain, which infuriates Christian and the others who are forced to leave their lovers behind. Tension begins to boil furiously between Bligh and Christian all the way to the film's climax, when Christian leads the men to an act of mutiny, when they take over the ship...The Bounty leads an all star cast on an adventure across the sea, well worth witnessing. Daniel Day-Lewis -- the arrogant and aristocratic Mr. Friar -- and Liam Neeson -- the strong and stubborn Churchhill -- give performances worthy of mention. I give it a strong 7 and recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it.
Review of The Bounty
