Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World had ... It also allows for an excellent debut performance by Max Pirkis as midshipman Blakeney, who loses his right arm early on but carries on ...

Carved from the knotty timber of Patrick O'Brian's saga of Napoleonic derring-do, Master and Commander ... when he visits 12-year-old Midshipman Blakeney (Max Pirkis), just recovering from ...