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Famous Ancestor: John David Nau-leader of the pirate settlement-is the descendant of infamous pirate Jean-David Nau a.k.a.

Dressing as the Enemy: Nau and his crew dress in uniforms taken from the murdered coast guardsmen so they can use the launch to approach the cutter without being suspected.

He has the same last name as the man who killed Blackbeard and this revelation leaves the buccaneers in awe.

The Dreaded: This helps save Maynard's life, at least in the novel.

Justin replies that there is no "Justin", just "Tu-Barb": the pirate name Nau had given him.

Do Not Call Me "Paul": After seeing his son shoot a man out of the mast of the schooner, a horrified Maynard shouts out his son's name: Justin.

He snatches a fire axe off the wall and uses it to attack.

Deus Ax Machina: During the final fight against Maynard, Nau finds himself weaponless in the engine room of the cutter.

Doubles as Actor-Shared Background invoked as Maynard's actor Michael Caine is an actual Korean War veteran. 50 caliber machine gun later in the film. Presumably this explains how he knows how to operate a Browning.

Dad the Veteran: While at the gun range, Maynard mentions to proprietor that he was in Korea and that you never forget those skills.

Maynard uses the weapons onboard the cutter in his final showdown with the pirates. The crew is ambushed by the pirates and massacred. Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless stumbles on the pirate island while investigating the cocaine that had been dumped overboard from the schooner. Maynard is horrified when he witnesses his son Justin shoot a man dead at Nau's command. Child Soldiers: John David Nau takes pride in taking children like Manuel and Justin and converting them into loyal pirates who are willing to kill at his command.Burial at Sea: The pirates do this for the members of their crew who died in the assault on the cutter.On the island, Blair discovers that the inhabitants of the island are a centuries-old colony of savage French pirates. He takes his estranged son Justin with him to the area on the "vacation" and, while fishing, both are attacked by an unkempt man and forcibly brought to an uncharted island. Bermuda Triangle: Blair Maynard is a British-born American journalist who was once in the Navy and who decides to investigate the mystery of why so many boats disappear in the Bermuda Triangle of the Caribbean.Badass Bystander: One of the sailors on the schooner turns out to be a martial artist and takes down several of the pirates, before one of them gets sick of his antics and guts him with a cutlass.And Nau garbs a fire axe during his final fight with Maynard. Several of the pirates use boarding axes when storming the schooner. An Axe to Grind: The pirate who sneaks aboard the fishing boat at the start of the film butchers everybody on board with a double-bitted axe.