‘The Bluff’ movie review: Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Karl Urban sparkle in this throwback swashbuckler
The Hindu
The Bluff, streaming on Amazon Prime Video, stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Karl Urban in a swashbuckling Caribbean adventure filled with action sequences, pirate lore and pretty island setting
We are told right at the beginning of The Bluff that the reign of the pirates of the Caribbean has come to an end — not the movies, though that is also true, but the real pirates. The surviving buccaneers are hard, ruthless men fighting for their existence.
It is 1846 in the breathtakingly beautiful island of Cayman Brac in the Caribbean. Everyone is going about their business. There is Pastor Bradley (David Field) welcoming his congregation, a ship is ready to be launched, and Custode Drayton (Gary Beadle) looks over the island with a benign eye.
On the high seas, pirates led by the enigmatic Captain Connor (Karl Urban) board a merchant ship. They kill everyone on board except the captain, T.H. Bodden (Ismael Cruz Córdova).
Connor wants to know where the gold Bodden is carrying came from. He recognises the gold and when he learns that Bodden is from Cayman Brac, he orders his villainous band to head for the island with Bodden as a hostage.
A still from the film | Photo Credit: Prime Video
On the island, Bodden’s wife Ercell (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) and 13-year-old son, Isaac (Vedanten Naidoo) wait anxiously for him. Isaac, who needs medical care, is hoping his father will come for his birthday as he promised while Ercell makes a coconut cake. Meanwhile, Bodden’s sister, Elizabeth (Safia Oakley-Green), wishing to see wider horizons, plans to elope with a local lad.
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