In an attempt to find the great treasure, two groups of courageous pirates, who search for the Royal seal, as they fight against each other, but when it has been swallowed by a big whale, the thing that challenges them.
It's a derivative trove of swashbuckling action, romance, comedy, special effects and revisionist history - the kind of film that would be pitched to studio execs as "Pirates of the Caribbean" meets "Free Willy."
While The Pirates has its moments -- as when Yeo-wol and Jang bond late in the film -- little of it is compelling as comedy, drama or action. About the only thing The Pirates steal is time.
