YMMV / The Black Pirate

• Complete Monster: The pirate lieutenant manages to be worse than his captain. While the two jointly slaughter entire crews of ships and then leave the survivors tied up before detonating gunpowder to kill them and sink their ships, the lieutenant takes over when the heroic Black Pirate, a surviving victim and in truth the Duke of Arnoldo, arrives and kills the captain to join the crew. Lusting after a "princess" they captured, when the Black Pirate staves off any evil activity by promising a ransom, the lieutenant arranges to blow up the ransom ship so he can try to rape the beautiful Isobel while attempting to murder his rival, culminating in a final battle as he attacks Isobel and would kill anyone who gets in his way.
• Magnificent Bastard: The unnamed Duke of Arnoldo, the "Black Pirate" himself, is the Sole Survivor of a ruthless pirate attack, bent on avenging his father's death. He decides to join the evil captain's pirate gang, and proves his worthiness to the crew by killing the captain in a sword duel. He then single-handedly takes a Spanish ship on, and when the pirates resort to their usual looting tactics, he convinces the pirates to take both the ship and a princess on board hostage. The Black Pirate goes behind the pirate crew's backs and rescues the princess from captivity, and improvises his way through the attacks of the pirate crew, including being forced to walk the plank and surviving the depths of the waters. He returns with a boatload of men to rescue the princess and storm and capture the pirate's vessel. Afterwards, the Black Pirate reveals his Spanish duke status to the Princess and marries her.