Lt. Robert Maynard plans to restore law and order to the oceans, but Edward Teach refuses to reform, instead reinventing himself with cutlasses and all-black attire and setting out to claim the treasure of Capt. Kidd.

Charming but fearless, Blackbeard terrorises American waters in the early 18th century, plundering his way to notoriety and finally driving the Colonial government to hunt him down, ending the golden age of piracy.