ComedyYear2021Duration1h 20mIMDb5.7

Pirates

Comedy

Three eighteen-year-old friends journey from North to South London to celebrate New Year's Eve at the turn of the millennium.

Trailer

Cast

Reggie Yates

Director

Elliot Edusah

Cappo

Jordan Peters

Two Tonne

Reda Elazouar

Kidda

Kassius Nelson

Sophie

Youssef Kerkour

Uncle Ibbs

Rebekah Murrell

Kelly

Aaron Shosanya

Megaman

Tosin Cole

Clips

Shiloh Coke

Princess

TH

Tsion Habte

Ella

Peyvand Sadeghian

Lisa

Elroy Powell

House - bouncer

RH

Ronnie Herel

Punter

Valerie Paul

Mrs. Mensah

Chris Streeks

Jim

MM

Michael McGarry

Barman

Darren Hart

MC

GO

Gbolahan Obisesan

Ronnie Herel

Reggie Yates

Writer

Comments

10 Comments

Righteous AkpJul 6, 2025

sport lover

ChiKéSep 21, 2024

chrisyjaydnMay 22, 2024

so incredibly

Ninhoette ❤️🦍Feb 16, 2023

source: Pirates

Amanda du-PontFeb 15, 2023

Nostalgic references to late 90s era clothing, phones, vehicles & music. Not amazingly funny but good enough to sit and watch. Actors were good hope to see more of them and reggie.

مشاري راشد العفاسيFeb 15, 2023

Pirates is a turn-of-the-century set comedy that is wholly good-natured and funny in bursts. Three friends aimlessly drive around London in a beater Peugeot. They laugh and listen to booming music. They are young men with a future as broad as the new millennium ahead. What could go wrong? Pirates is an easy-going comedy with truly fun characters. But what should be a simplistic plot becomes nearly as directionless as the M25. Writer/director Reggie Yates smashingly captures the kinetic energy of their youthful lifestyle, one that mostly consists of spinning albums and devouring takeaway. Yates perfectly captures that feeling of being young, broke, and powerful. The situational humor the three easily fall into more than makes up for their thick, proprietary slang. Yet amidst the inside jokes and a Jamaican jerk chippy, the true conflict of the story becomes misplaced. Instead, Pirates becomes a base quest for good times. The humorous asides mix with the loud beats of the music, regrettably masking out those necessary beats of drama. Edusah, Peters, and Elazouar are charming and enjoyable. They deserve to be seen more in this medium.

FnjieFeb 15, 2023

If you're too old or too young you won't understand this movie. But us British 90's babies this was our era and what a beautiful one it was! This movie had me smiling ear to ear the whole way through, took me back to the good old days, really made me want to go back in time and relive it all again, even just for one night! Reggie you done a wonderful job in bringing back some of the golden moments of our younger years and I truly appreciate you for this one!! 10/10 <3.

Yizzy IrvingFeb 15, 2023

This movie captures what it was like back then. If you were there with your knickers in the air you'll feel it. Reggie, you did a great job. Nice one bruvva 🤛

Black Rainbow 🌈Feb 15, 2023

Pirates is what you get if you buy your People Just Do Nothing from wish. If Human Traffic was written by a children's TV presenter and JLS fan, it would be this. The storyline is fairly basic - a group of mates want to get in to a club night because one of them fancies a girl, and the film just follows their escapades through the evening. The ending is as underwhelming as the rest of the film. There are a couple of laughs in it but the majority of the humour is clichéd, predictable and at times cringeworthy. A prime example is the moment in a record store when the lead character reads backstreet boys lyrics and everyone in the store cant quite remember the backstreet boys name. The characters, whilst likeable, are not particularly engaging or believable. Whilst the name Pirates suggests it follows the lives of pirate radio DJs, this is only a minor element to the film. The 90s references again are very clichéd. The only positive is the soundtrack. The film is full of old school garage anthems, very nostalgic. However, most of the tunes are also in People Just Do Nothing and the Big In Japan film at some point - which is far superior. Even if you love Garage, give this one a miss.

Vass MKFeb 15, 2023

While it is unlikely to blow you away, Pirates is a very solid British comedy, with a good amount of laughs, an enjoyable plot, and some brilliant characters. It boasts three very engaging and convincing leads, with a strong chemistry that felt authentic. You could really believe that these three characters had been friends for years and the dynamic between them was fun to watch. The performances were fantastic from all three of them, with the comedic timing and in particular the facial expressions on point. A good but small collection of supporting characters injected some additional humour into the film which was most welcome. The plot is perfectly good. Sort of a Superbad / Inbetweeners vibe to the whole thing, but it never felt like it was copying either of those. It was so brilliantly British with its dialogue and sense of humour which I loved. It progresses towards an ultimately predictable end but this film is more about the journey than the destination, and the journey was enjoyable enough. My only major criticism is that the conflict in the group seemed a little forced and inauthentic. Perhaps something different could have been done here but that's a small gripe. A solid comedy that's always entertaining even if it doesn't draw out massive laughs.

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