Can anyone give me a brief summary of the movie: Master and Commander Far Side of the World??

Answer 1

During the Napoleonic Wars in 1805, a British ship, the HMS Surprise, and a much larger French warship, the Acheron, with greater fire power, stalk each other off of the coast of South America.
British Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain.
After seven weeks of uneventful sailing, the Acheron strikes first, all but crippling the Surprise in an engagement in which Aubrey realizes his enemy's ship is nautically superior to his own. Along with his close friend and confidant Stephan Maturin (Paul Bettany) who also happens to be the ship's surgeon, Aubrey is now faced with the choice of retreating to England and admitting defeat or remaining at the Acheron's mercy. Aubrey must now do the impossible if he is to survive, repair his ship, catch up to his enemy and defeat the Acheron.

Good movie, I really enjoyed it. Wonderfully acted and directed (by Peter Weir). Terrific naval battle scenes.

Answer 2

Jack Aubrey is a character from a series of novels about early 1800 naval action. I havent read them all but If I remember right in the book "Master and Commander" the frigate was American (during the War of 1812) and not French.

Here is some info about the whole series if your into reading, there is like 20 books in all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey%E2%80%93Maturin_series

Answer 3

Slow & boaring, I fell asleep the first time I watched, and then had the urge to see it again.