Cutthroat Island Rewind Review Cutthroat Island has an infamous legacy within the film industry, a cautionary tale of ego driven exuberance that killed an entire studio and produced one of the biggest box office bombs in history. Soaring costs, wasteful spending and overall recklessness on an epic scale left no room in the budget for...well, anything else, even advertising. So what’s left is a swashbuckling action-adventure with amazing costumes, elaborate set pieces, tremendous on location cinematography and gratuitous explosions, lots of of gratuitous explosions, including the what is possibly the best explosion in the history of movies. You’re left with a film that was supposed to be a blockbuster holiday tent-pole, possible franchise launching vehicle and a marketing machine that included merchandise, presumably toys and even a video game tie-in. But, is it any good? No doubt with all the money thrown at the film and the aforementioned scale of the production, it’s certainly a site to behold. But what about the story, the characters and the overall entertainment value? You know, the things money can’t always buy. In this episode of VIA VHS, Wesley and Spencer look back at this holiday dud, give their honest thoughts on the film and discuss what could’ve been had Cutthroat Island been a success