A Lenda do Lobo do Mar

Ok. So this appears to have been a VERY low budget production of a GREAT book. Even with the poor production (bad editing, directing, dubbing, etc.), it still begins to draw the viewer in after the first 30 minutes or so. After that, the story becomes so interesting and engaging, that the flaws don't matter as much. We just have to know what's going on and what's going to happen next!

Chuck Conner is one of my childhood heroes as The Rifleman. It's really hard to see him in anything else. It doesn't help that he hasn't done much else nearly as great as The Rifleman. His performance here as a ruthless ship captain is pretty convincing but I can't help but believe that if it had been a better director with a better production, he really could have delivered a much stronger performance. As it is though, the film is better (In my opinion) than the rating here on IMDB suggests. One just has to look past the detracting production value and let the story do the driving.

It may have been even more enjoyable had I read the book but alas... Maybe if I find it in the bargain bin of my local used book store, I'll pick it up.

Over all not a bad film by any means, especially if you can grant it some forgiveness in the technical realm.