Stars: Richard Rowden, Sean Cronin, Munraj Bhachu, Ewen Weatherburn, Destiny Viva, John Craggs, Brandon Ashplant, Cameron Ashplant | Written and Directed by Lars Janssen
It’s not often you get a reinterpretation of Captain Hook that casts him as something approaching a tragic antihero, let alone a horror-tinged outlaw seeking redemption. But Captain Hook: The Cursed Tides, the latest from writer/director Lars Janssen (Underground), leans confidently into this premise, and while not all of it lands, the result is a brisk and moody adventure with just enough bite to keep genre fans intrigued.
Running at a lean 90 minutes, the film opens on a surprisingly visceral note: Hook (Richard Rowden) suffers a brutal defeat at the hands of Admiral Smee (Sean Cronin), who slices off Hook’s hand and leaves him for dead. It’s an origin beat that plays less like swashbuckling fantasy and more like gritty revenge horror. Hook’s retreat to the windswept,...
It’s not often you get a reinterpretation of Captain Hook that casts him as something approaching a tragic antihero, let alone a horror-tinged outlaw seeking redemption. But Captain Hook: The Cursed Tides, the latest from writer/director Lars Janssen (Underground), leans confidently into this premise, and while not all of it lands, the result is a brisk and moody adventure with just enough bite to keep genre fans intrigued.
Running at a lean 90 minutes, the film opens on a surprisingly visceral note: Hook (Richard Rowden) suffers a brutal defeat at the hands of Admiral Smee (Sean Cronin), who slices off Hook’s hand and leaves him for dead. It’s an origin beat that plays less like swashbuckling fantasy and more like gritty revenge horror. Hook’s retreat to the windswept,...
- 7/25/2025
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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