The Bluff is a 2026 swashbuckler action thriller film directed by Frank E. Flowers, written by Flowers and Joe Ballarini, and starring Priyanka Chopra, Karl Urban, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Safia Oakley-Green and Temuera Morrison. It is produced by AGBO, Cinestar Pictures, and Purple Pebble Pictures. It was released on Amazon Prime Video on February 25, 2
Plot
Former pirate Ercell Bodden lives a quiet life on Cayman Brac with her disabled son Isaac and sister-in-law Elizabeth, who are unaware of her past. Ercell waits for her sea captain husband T.H. to return, his ship overdue by 59 days.
Pirate Connor arrives at Cayman Brac in search of Ercell. Ercell had been captured by Connor as a teenager and in order to survive joined his crew and became the notorious pirate Bloody Mary and Connor's lover before betraying him and stealing his cache of gold. Connor's men kill most of the island's defenders including Elizabeth's fiancée but Ercell manages to escape into the jungle with Isaac and Elizabeth. After a brief confrontation, Connor tells her that they have her husband in custody. Ercell leads Isaac and Elizabeth to The Bluff and a hidden network of caves which she has turned into a hideout. She reveals to Isaac and Elizabeth her past as a pirate and shows them the cache of gold before she heads out alone to rescue her husband.
Ercell infiltrates Connor's camp and locates T.H. but cannot free him. She confronts Connor and his men in the open and demands her husband's release in exchange for the gold, which she had brought with her. However the exchange goes awry and T.H. is killed and the gold is blown up, but Ercell manages to escape. Despite the loss of the gold Connor reassures his surviving men that if they capture Ercell they can turn her in for a pardon that will clear their names and give them back their freedom.
Connor and his men track Ercell to the caves but with Isaac and Elizabeth's help she kills all of them by using the darkness and traps she had set up. Now alone, Connor suggests to Ercell that they settle their conflict outside in the light "like buccaneers". Ercell meets Connor on top of The Bluff and they duel with swords; Connor manages to overpower Ercell but Elizabeth shoots him before he can kill her. Ercell stabs Connor with her sword, killing him. Ercell reveals to Elizabeth that her real name is Mariam while Isaac discovers that Ercell had stashed some of the gold away on a sailboat. As the surviving residents of Cayman Brac come out of hiding, a British fleet arrives on the horizon.
