In Like Flynn

The movie opens in 1930 when Errol Flynn was only 21 years old. The thirty year old actor who played the title role looked like a man fully grown,and was simply not credible as a young guy barely come into adulthood.

Eroll Flynn lived an amazing life before he made it big in Hollywood. He was swashbuckling before being a Hollywood swashbuckler. Somehow this movie makes his life boring.

Good cast played with gusto. Lots of action. Fine direction by Russell Mulcahy. Good musical score by David Hirschfelser - especially that diddy "I Captain this Voyage, Bound for South Australia". Fits the movie perfectly. As "Flynn" says in the movie, "this wouldn't make a 1/2 bad picture". And on a 10 million dollar budget, it's not. I liked it.

I have to be honest - my girlfriend talked me into going to this movie. I'm so glad I went! Dang! Full of action and a super-cool lead. Errol Flynn was a pretty amazing person. Funny, I'd used the expression, 'In like Flynn', but never really knew what it meant. I have a new favorite movie.

Errol Flynn was born in 1909 so how could he be in his 20s when this is set in 1939. He had already become a Hollywood star by that time. A little confusing but an entertaining movie. His first film, In the Wake of the Bounty was made in 1933.