Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

2freensel I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Spikeopath "Following the defeat of Napoleon, France was in a state of unrest. Many of the Royalists who had fled to England returned to exact vengeance for their real and fancied wrongs. Some turned the situation to their personal advantage...becoming Tyrants and Petty Dictators...."Set in France but filmed in Mexico, Captain Scarlett is a hum-drum swashbuckler short on thrills, spills and originality of story. Richard Greene stars as the titular Scarlett, who sets about righting wrongs as he gathers supporters and catches the eyes of the babes. It's a sort of low rent Robin Hood, the Gallic version, Greene is dandy as usual, the costuming pleasing and with it running at just 75 minutes it moves along fast enough and doesn't outstay its welcome. But it's all pretty stale and way down on the list of swashbucklers to see before you die. 4/10

joemol All you need to see or hear in this dreadful movie, to appreciate the true awfulness of it all, are the first two camera shots. Remember that the action is meant to take place in post-Napoleonic France? So why do we see soldiers dressed in a grubby assortment of ill-fitting South American uniforms armed with "spears"? Spears!!! Not just any old spears, mind you. These look like they came straight from the set of "The Wild Women of Wongo". Actually they look like they are the rejects discarded by the wild women from that Z-grade stinker, which by the way is about ten times more entertaining than this dreck.And that's just the beginning. Whoever designed the costumes and sets for this movie was either drunk, deranged or just plain dumb. And the rest of the film's values follow right on from there.A more stupid, ridiculous, offensive and insulting movie would be hard to find.

vincenthetreed This has very little to do with history, or real life at any period, but it is fast-moving and colourful and I enjoyed the snappy script:"You are insolent.""Only to people I don't like." Richard Greene, who played Robin Hood in the British TV series in the '50s, is playing almost the same role, in a costume from somewhere around 1800, with a sword instead of a longbow. Assurance counts for a lot, especially for a hero, and he is surrounded by presumably Mexican actors(They all have Spanish-sounding names, but the film was made in the US.) as monks, dancers, feisty heroines and lovable rogues, who know what is expected of them as well as he does. If being a travesty of history stopped a work from being enjoyed and appreciated, a lot of Shakespeare would have to be thrown out. This one is far from being Shakespeare, but it certainly is fun.

Space_Mafune most probably will not. Many will no doubt be disappointed by the overall predictable quality of this film, its lackluster acting & direction and worst of all its disappointing sword fights and extended chase scenes. Despite all of that I did find myself enjoying Richard Greene's performance as the dashing Captain Scarlett and even more his interactions with the lovely Leonora Amar who plays Princess Maria.