Act of Piracy

Act of Piracy is a 1988 American/South African thriller film directed by John Cardos and starring Gary Busey, Belinda Bauer and Ray Sharkey. While enjoying an exotic cruise to Australia, a family yacht is taken over by terrorists. It is also known as Barracuda.

Plot
Ted Andrews (Gary Busey) persuades his ex-wife Sandy (Belinda Bauer) to let their kids Mark (Mathew Stewardson) and Tracey (Candicé Hillebrand) accompany him and his girlfriend Laura Warner (Nancy Mulford) on a journey on his multimillion-dollar yacht to Australia, where he plans to sell the yacht.

However, after a few days, it turns out that Laura is member of a terrorist organization led by Jack Wilcox (Ray Sharkey), who wants the boat as a base for his operations. Jack takes over the yacht and only Ted can escape, and as a result, Mark and Tracey are kept as hostages.

Together with Sandy, Ted starts an international search to find Wilcox, and rescue Mark and Tracey.

Cast

 * Gary Busey - Ted Andrews
 * Belinda Bauer - Sandy Andrews
 * Ray Sharkey - Jack Wilcox
 * Nancy Mulford - Laura Warner
 * Dennis Casey Park - Dennis
 * Arnold Vosloo - Sean Stevens
 * Ken Gampu - Herb Bunting
 * Anthony Fridjohn - Philip O'Connor
 * Mathew Stewardson - Mark Andrews
 * Candice Hillebrand - Tracey Andrews
 * Nadia Bilchik - Maria
 * Roly Jansen - Carlos Ortiz
 * Gordon Mulholland - Captain Jenkins
 * Thoko Ntshinga - Cynthia
 * Melody O'Brian - Nadine Andrews
 * Brian O'Shaughnessy - Skipper
 * Eckard Rabe - Agent Harris
 * Joe Stewardson - Agent Johnson
 * Bruce Wentzel - Mate
 * Christobel D'Orthez - Karen Daly
 * Thys Du Plooy - Ahmed
 * Trevor Fish - Cameraman
 * Mark Gilbert - Crew Man
 * Scott J. Ateah - Cook
 * Allen Booi - George Chibanda
 * Douglas Bristow - C.W. Andrews
 * John Cardos - Steward