Film Review – The Bluff

While Disney continues to figure out how to keep the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise afloat, “The Bluff” arrives to fill the gap with its tale of pirates in the Caribbean. Co-writer/director Frank E. Flowers elects to get a little more violent with this study of revenge and survival, striving to add some intensity to a fairly routine story. It’s a small-scale offering concerning a woman’s quest to defend her family from a bloodthirsty captain on the hunt for his missing gold, largely sticking to island-based conflicts, and Flowers endeavors to jazz up the usual in domestic defense with harder hits of brutality, keeping with the true pirate way. “The Bluff” is supported by periodic aggression, as dramatic interests aren’t exactly thrilling, making the viewing experience more enjoyably visceral than engrossing. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com