Old Ironsides

Set against the backdrop of the early 19th-century Barbary Wars, Old Ironsides is a sprawling maritime epic that chronicles the baptism by fire of the USS Constitution. The narrative follows a group of disparate characters—a young farm boy seeking adventure, a seasoned and boisterous boatswain, and a beautiful woman caught in the crosshairs of international conflict—as they find themselves aboard the legendary American frigate. As the United States refuses to continue paying tribute to the pirates of Tripoli, the film transitions from a character-driven recruitment tale into a massive naval operation. The stakes are personal and political, culminating in a thunderous siege on the Tripolitan coast where the survival of the crew and the reputation of a fledgling nation hang in the balance of cannon fire and cutlasses.