Act of Piracy
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Director John Bud Cardos Country United StatesSouth Africa | 4.2/10 IMDb Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1988 (South Africa) Tagline There is no place to escape his revenge... especially at sea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Act of piracy 1988 family taken in hostage
Act of Piracy is a 1988 American/South African thriller film directed by John Cardos and starring Gary Busey, Belinda Bauer and Ray Sharkey. While enjoying an exotic cruise to Australia, a family yacht is taken over by terrorists. It is also known as Barracuda.
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Plot
Ted Andrews (Gary Busey) persuades his ex-wife Sandy (Belinda Bauer) to let their kids Mark (Mathew Stewardson) and Tracey (Candicé Hillebrand) accompany him and his girlfriend Laura Warner (Nancy Mulford) on a journey on his multimillion-dollar yacht to Australia, where he plans to sell the yacht.
However, after a few days, it turns out that Laura is member of a terrorist organization led by Jack Wilcox (Ray Sharkey), who wants the boat as a base for his operations. Jack takes over the yacht and only Ted can escape, and as a result, Mark and Tracey are kept as hostages.
Together with Sandy, Ted starts an international search to find Wilcox, and rescue Mark and Tracey.
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