Bandit of the seas Sinbad (Brad Pitt) is tricked by Greek goddess of chaos Eris (Michelle Pfeiffer). She steals the magical Book of Peace and he's framed for the thief. Sinbad is sentenced to death. His childhood friend Prince Proteus (Joseph Fiennes) of Syracuse is a straight arrow, and he takes the place of Sinbad for his punishment. Sinbad is given 10 days to return the book or else Prince Proteus will be put to death. Proteus' fiancée Marina (Catherine Zeta-Jones) stowaway on Sinbad's ship while he debates whether to runaway to Fiji.

This is a DreamWorks animation. It has the looks of a 2-D animation along with CG. It looks like a cheaper straight to video animation. This money loser signals a change over to the CG world. The story lacks suspense or magic, but it seems just good enough. The big name voices doesn't help anything. The high seas adventure is reasonable but rambling. The lack of moral backbone is very trying.

I think I remember there being an animated television series on CITV based on the famous sailor, but that it is not what this film is based on, I just remember seeing a short trailer and it sounding mildly interesting. Basically Arabian rogue adventurer and sailor Sinbad (Brad Pitt) spends most of time going around the world getting himself into trouble, and the biggest one comes when he is framed for stealing. He is accused of stealing the Book of Peace, one of the world's most priceless and powerful treasures, and he has ten days to find it, or his friend Proteus (Joseph Fiennes) is executed in his place. Prior to the situation he is in now, Sinbad was saved and talked to by the Greek Goddess of Chaos, Eris (Michelle Pfeiffer),who makes a deal to get the book in exchange for whatever he wants, but he doesn't plan to go on the journey for her or his friend. Proteus's beautiful fiancée Marina (Catherine Zeta-Jones) however is a stowaway on the ship and stops him from heading for the sun of the Fiji Islands making sure he carried out and fulfils his mission. On the way they face all the threats sent by Eris to try and stop them, including high tide storms and frozen waters, but she surrenders the book when Sinbad expresses his honesty, including confessing his feelings for Marina, and they kiss in the end. Also starring Dennis Haysbert as Kale, Adriano Giannini as Rat, Jim Cummings as Luca and Frank Welker as Spike the dog. The voice casting is relatively good, Pfieffer as the villain and Zeta-Jones as the sassy heroine stand out, the animation is alright, and the story will appeal to those up for swashbuckling action, a not bad animated comedy adventure. Worth watching!

I was surprised that this movie has been poorly reviewed! I loved it! The animation is incredible, the characters are well-developed, and the story is interesting. It sends a pretty good message about doing the right thing, and also that women being as able as men. I would recommend this for middle schoolers and older, and I believe that even adults would really enjoy this film. In fact, this is now one of my favourites! If you enjoy movies like The Princess Bride or Treasure Planet, this is probably a pretty good one for you. However, I would not recommend this to anyone who disapproves of even the subtlest sexual themes, non-Christian stories, or mention of human mortality.