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BLACK SAILS
January 25, 2014  | By David Bianculli  | 1 comment

Starz!, 9:00 p.m. ET

 

MINISERIES PREMIERE: This is more warning than recommendation. This Michael Bay TV production has all the action set pieces and random violence and nudity you’ve come to expect from his movies – with characters just as thin, and actors who, for the most part, look a lot better than they act. In the case of Black Sails, this is a shame, because it’s borrowing characters from another, much better pirate story. Black Sails is a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, with a younger version of (Long) John Silver, played by Luke Arnold, at its center. This drama looks good, and its genre and setting certainly is different – but a swashbuckler, in this day and age, needs good writing to stay afloat, not just boats, beatings, and breasts.

 
 
 
 
 
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Donna L Dale
Toby Stephens is always worth watching, especially since he hasn't done that much TV.
Jan 25, 2014   |  Reply
 
 
 
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