The Sea Dragon - Historical Action/Adventure/Drama

The Sea Dragon, "a realistic pirate movie," is a historical action drama set in 17th-century Caribbean. Legendary British captain William Fry, mythologized by his victims as the titular "Sea Dragon," has single-handedly crippled the Spanish Empire as the leader of a sadistic buccaneer army. To conclude his great conquest, Fry targets Portobelo, Panama, an all-powerful Spanish stronghold in his final bid to become knighted by King Charles.

His secret? That's his elite spy, Antonio, a traitorous Spaniard whom he kidnapped as a child and raised to be his own under the British flag. Antonio is bilingual and skilled at espionage, charting, and, of course, swordplay.

Promised a high share of the Portobelo spoils, Antonio alone traverses the Panamanian jungle and emerges into the lively, picturesque Spanish colony perched on a bay as his beloved captain and the antsy buccaneer army await his return along the cost of Panama. In no time, he infiltrates Portobelo's militia and gathers intelligence on the colony's defenses.

But during his mission, Antonio runs into someone he long repressed from his memory: Catalina. A childhood friend, Catalina is a traumatized refugee of Maracaibo, a colony that was burned to the ground by Fry -- a sacking of which Antonio was the architect. She looks to Antonio as a hero who dons the Spanish uniform of the militia he has infiltrated.

Antonio is faced with a decision: finish the mission for Fry or run away to Spain with Catalina before disaster strikes. But before long, Catalina finds out who Antonio truly is, and she kills herself.

In guilt, realizing Fry has corrupted and used him, Antonio sabotages the mission and seeks revenge and redemption by leveraging the might of Portobelo against the undefeated -- and unsuspecting -- Sea Dragon.

FEATURE - 109 pages

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