Pirate Expert Reviews Hollywood's Famous Pirates 🎬

Iszi Lawrence, comedian, podcaster and history presenter rates more portrayals of famous pirates in Hollywood historical movies. Iszi has worked on the Netflix documentary 'The Lost Pirate Kingdom' and is the author of Blackbeard's Treasure, a tale set in the eighteenth century during the golden age of piracy in the Caribbean.

Iszi first reviews scenes from 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' (2007), where she talks about the legend of the 'Pirate Code' and how much truth there is behind it.

She then moves onto the next film in the franchise 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' (2011) where she takes slight issue with Ian McShane's depiction of Edward Teach aka 'Blackbeard', who would have been 35 years old when he died, despite the actor in question being almost 70 at the time of filming.

The next film Iszi reviews is 'The Black Swan' (1942) in which Laird Cregar depicts infamous pirate captain and later Governor of Jamaica, Henry Morgan.

Finally, Iszi rates the classic film 'Sea Hawk' (1940) starring Errol Flynn as an English privateer, loosely based on Sir Francis Drake, who defends his nation's interests on the eve of the launch of the Spanish Armada. How accurate is Flora Robson's portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I?

Watch the video to find out!



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00:00 Introduction
00:34 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
09:18 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
15:50 The Black Swan (1942)
19:44 The Sea Hawk (1940)
26:46 More History Hit Movie Reviews!