The cast is all in the same boat - a Titanic failure; CAPTAIN JACK (15).(Features)

From: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) | Date: May 28, 1999 | Copyright information

IN Captain Jack, Bob Hoskins stars in a sailing adventure that starts sinking before it gets out of the harbour. Bob is the captain of a rickety tub who is obsessed by the Arctic voyage of 18th century Whitby hero Captain Scoresby.

When his own boat is condemned as unseaworthy, he decides to make one last trip, recreating Scoresby's journey with a crew of landlubbers. They are, of course, a mixed bunch - two middle-aged feuding sisters (Anna Massey and Gemma Jones), a ha...

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