Haakon Haakonsen (1990) YTS - Download Yify Movie

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

Stian Smestad ("Haakon") is engaging in this hybrid

Stian Smestad ("Haakon") is engaging in this hybrid of "Treasure Island" and "Robinson Crusoe" seafaring adventure. Faced with the foreclosure of his Norwegian farm, he agrees to sign on as the ship's boy for two years. After a brief stop in England - where they pick up Royal Navy sailor "Lt. Merrick" (Gabriel Byrne) they set sail again and shortly into their new voyage, the old captain dies and "Merrick" assumes command in the style of Capt. Bligh. Their ship is wrecked in a violent storm and our young castaway has to fend for himself on a deserted island. He is quite an adaptable and versatile wee lad, and soon has things shipshape and Bristol fashion; he discovers a horde of treasure and even befriends a bear. On exploring his island, he discovers two of his friends with some local tribesman and they soon also encounter Byrne, but this time he shows his true colours as a treasure seeking pirate. The rest of this is fairly procedural, but with lots of traps and chases through the jungle before a pretty obvious conclusion. It is quite good fun, though Byrne would not have been my first choice - he doesn't really have much charm or menace as the baddie.

Reviewed by r96sk 7 / 10

Feels repetitive due to previous Disney films, but

Feels repetitive due to previous Disney films, but I still felt satisfied with 'Shipwrecked'. Nothing is particularly memorable about it, admittedly. The cast aren't all that, while the cinematography and editing isn't amazing. The dialogue is basic, as is the premise - which feels as if it has taken different parts from the studio's other work. Those include 'Treasure Island', 'Kidnapped', 'In Search of the Castaways' and 'Swiss Family Robinson'. The source material by Oluf Falck-Ytter is apparently inspired by some of the same things as those are, so I guess it's no surprise. Either way, I'm not convinced Disney needed to tackle this area once again. I will say, by the conclusion, I did feel content enough with the film; helped by the short run time, no doubt. Straightforward and a little plain, but narrowly enjoyable.

Reviewed by arthur_tafero 6 / 10

Better Than Average Family Film - Shipwrecked

The producers here tried to imitate The Black Stallion (without the horse) and Treasure Island (without the brutality and fear). The net result is a pleasant, if not too thrilling DIsney -type family film about living the fantasy of being shipwrecked. In real life, the protagonist would most likely have been drowned, or died from exposure and starvation. But this is Disney. Those things don't happen in Disney world. A pleasant family film for an hour or so.The movie holds up very well for the first forty minutes or so, and the introduction of the gorilla is interesting. But as my film school professor would have said; "you should never introduce an interesting character without some type of resolution for that character. It is like leaving a pot of boiling water on the stove without coming back to it." Much of the latter part of the film is just silly, and has no relation to reality, but we bear it because we want a happy ending. No, not that kind of happy ending; don't be disgusting.

Haakon Haakonsen

1990 [NORWEGIAN]

Action / Adventure / Family

Haakon Haakonsen

1990 [NORWEGIAN]

Action / Adventure / Family

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Stian Smestad ("Haakon") is engaging in this hybrid

Feels repetitive due to previous Disney films, but

Better Than Average Family Film - Shipwrecked

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