In the three-hour period television miniseries Blackbeard,
Angus MacFadyen (
Braveheart,
Jason and the Argonauts) assumes the title role of the dreaded marauder who spent 1716-1718 terrorizing the Caribbean Sea. Born Sir William Teach, the mariner rechristens himself Blackbeard, and subsequently builds a legend around himself as the most merciless and loathsome pirate in world history by plundering as many ships and murdering as many seafarers as he can lay his dirty mitts on. Directed by
Kevin Connor (
Motel Hell,
The Land That Time Forgot), Blackbeard co-stars big screen vets
Rachel Ward,
Stacy Keach, and
Richard Chamberlain. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide