Based on author Patrick O?Brian?s series of Aubrey/Maturin novels, the movie is set during the Napoleonic Wars. Crowe is Captain "Lucky" Jack Aubrey, renowned as a fighting captain in the British Navy, and Paul Bettany is ship?s doctor Stephen Maturin. Their ship, the H.M.S. Surprise, is suddenly attacked by a superior enemy. With the Surprise badly damaged and much of his crew injured, Aubrey is torn between duty and friendship as he pursues a high-stakes chase across two oceans, to intercept and capture his foe. It?s a mission that can make his reputation ? or destroy Lucky Jack and his crew.
Synopsis: Rousing period adventure follows an early 19th-century British naval commander who, despite being outgunned and out-manned, steers his ship into the middle of a war zone in the Pacific.