Black Sails is a Pirates of the Caribbean style romp
following the adventures, or rather misadventure of Captain Flint and his crew
as they hunt for the motherload of all Spanish gold cargoes.
The series opens with a high-seas battle, where a
crew is picked off one-by-one by an enemy they cannot see. However, once that
is done with and we are introduced properly to the attacking crew - led by
Captain Flint - the sailors turn out to be quite a boring bunch.
Visually Black Sails is beautiful, with great sets
and good camera work but the story gets bogged down very quickly with constant
double-crossing between the characters. In the first episode this is quite
confusing as you are introduced to a lot of characters. Then it just keeps
going for the rest of the series.
It also takes six episodes before Captain Flint sets
sail in search of the ship carrying the Spanish gold haul - despite talking
about it for so long. Once at sea though, the pace does pick up and there is a
lot of action but I don’t understand why it took six episodes to get to that.
Bland characters and constant faffing aside though,
Black Sails does have some interesting side plots and funny moments. It also
cuts quite close to the knuckle at times and can be quite grisly but these
moments are few and far between like the action. It’s still a decent series
though and I would recommend a watch if you have Amazon Prime.
It gets 6/10.
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