Jack Rackham

"(Sara Lavrof: Wealth? All this is for wealth?) Ahaha! That's so cute. No. The power of Midas goes way beyond wealth, my dear. (He holds his cane in Sara's face, and the cane gives a golden glow) (Sara Lavrof: What is that?) Something I bought from an antique's dealer. Midas' power is the power of the gods. The power to rule the world. (Sara faints as he withdraws the cane) And it will be mine."

- Rackham explaining to Sara his true motives of finding Midas' collar. Jack Rackham is the main antagonist of the 2017 Spanish animated film ''Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas. ''

He is an evil billionaire who kidnaps Sara Lavrof to force her to help him find Midas' collar piece (which grants the wearer the power to turn anything to gold) and he will stop at nothing who gets in his way.

He is voiced by Ramon Tikaram in the English dub.

Biography
On a stormy night at sea, archeologist Sara Lavrof as she retrieves an ancient scroll. On another boat, Jack Rackham spies on the ecstatic woman through binoculars. Seeing his chance, he hands the captain a heavy case as a "reward" and has his goons throw the panicking man overboard.

Later Rackham and his goons (disguised as waiters) ambush Sara's presentation in Vegas, trying to steal the scroll as a game of keep away ensues. Eventually, Rackham grabs the scroll and takes Sara hostage and carries her to his helicopter. Tad Stones (the protagonist and Sara's boyfriend) tries to stop him, but Rackham kicks him off. As Tad falls, Sara tosses the notebook to Tad as the chopper door slams shut.

Rackham tries to get Sara to talk, but she refuses. He injects a truth serum into her arm. Sara tires to fight the urge, but no use. She tells everything is in her notebook which Tad currently has before she faints. Rackham orders his henchmen to find Tad and steal the notebook from him.

Tad, Tiffany (Sara's assistant) and the Mummy (who was banished from Paititi and joined Tad for the ride), Jeff (Tad's dog) and Belzoni (Sara's mute parrot) arrive in Granata, Spain to find the first piece of the collar. They eventually find the collar piece under a fountain. Rackham arrives and demands Tad to give him the collar pice notebook or he will shoot Sara. Tad reluctantly hands him the notebook, and Rackham releases Sara. The evil mercenary then heads on his way. Just as Sara feels like all hope is lost, Tad reveals that he secretly ripped three pages from the notebook. pages. Overjoyed, Sara thanks him and announces that the next piece is in Cappadocia, Turkey. And without the three pages, Rackham won't be able to find the correct temple.

In Turkey, Tad and the gang walk though the bazar, but are forced hide as Rackham and his henchmen. Rackham tells his goons to find the temple with the second collar piece in three hours. Tad and Mummy witness Rackham's henchmen approach a temple, but the goons leave, as it doesn't match the symbols on the notebook (thanks to the ripped out pages). As soon as the goons leave, Tad approaches the temple and eventually mangages to retrieve the second collar piece.

Tad shows Sara and Tiffany the collar piece. He then points to where the third piece is located--a crown-shaped mountain. When Tad states that they should get the last piece before Rackham, Sara argues, stating that they should just destroy the collar pieces, as Midas' power does not belong in the hands of mortals. Tad and Sara turn to see Tiffany drive off on Sara's jeep. Sara storms off, intending to find the third piece and destroy it before Rackham gets it.

Meanwhile, a furious Rackham yells at his goons for their failure. Realizing Tad tricked him, Rackham tosses Sara's notebook down. Tiffany suddenly arrives and tosses Rackham the second piece, stating that she wants fame on this discovery.

In the cold mountain, Sara tries to chisel the mountain. Soon, Rackham's helicopter arrives but Rackham and his goons arrive with Tiffany in tow. Rackham and his goons force Sara into leading them into the cave.

Rackham, Sara and Tiffany walk though the cave with three henchmen and a caged Belzoni. The group enters a cavern where across an interior lake, they see a statue of Apollo. They row boats across the icy water to the other side.

On another ridge, Tad, Mummy and Jeff see Rackham's chopper and they sled down on a pieta dish into the cave. They skim across the icy water and land at Rackham's feet. Rackham just decides to move on.

The group arrive at an enormous statue of Apollo with a large sarcophagus. Rackham removes the golden head from his cane and presses it into the center of the tomb, and it unlocks, revealing a skeleton wearing the final piece of the collar. Rackham orders Tad to retrieve the piece from the sarcophagus. Tad reluctantly obeys and picks up a gold piece with a symbol similar to the one one Rackham's cane. He pulls the piece out of the tomb.

Tad approaches Rackham who orders him to place the necklace on his neck. Tad places the piece around Rackham's neck. Two henchmen come with the other two collar pieces and place them on the empty slots on the necklace. Rackham cackles evilly as his golden sparkles emanate his hands and his cane turns gold. As he walks, his footprints leave behind golden splotches on the floor.

Tiffany confronts Rackham stating that now that he has what he wants, she demands him to let her friends go. But Rackham laughs her off, revealing he never intended to keep his end of the bargain. Tiffany shoots bullets at Rackham, but they bounce off harmlessly. Rackham gloats that he now has the power of Midas and he stomps his foot across the floor, a golden crack shoots across it causing everyone to flee. Rackham spots the running heres and stomps his foot, spreading another gold crack which narrowly misses Mummy.

Rackham searches for his enemies through the cloud of dust. Tad and Sara hide behind a boulder and decide they have to get the collar piece off of Rackham. Mummy tosses a rock at Rackham's head. As he tosses another one, Rackham deflects it with his golden hand. Rackham shoots golden energy at Mummy, who dodges and it knocks a boulder over, nearly crushing Tiffany who nearly falls off a cliff before Sara catches her by the hand. Holding the pieta dish, Tad lunges at Rackham, who shoots another golden energy beam at him. Tad deflects the beam with the dish, which turns into gold. Rackham fires more gold energy beams, which Tad deflects with the gold dish. The evil Rackham then knocks Sara aside with his cane, preparing kill her. Tad slams the pieta dish against Rackham's face, knocking the collar off.

Rackham simply slams Tad against a rock, then puts the collar back on, then approaches the weak injured Sara. The evil mercenary lifts up a blazing ball of gold energy to kill Sara. Tad tackles Rackham, holding the evil man's wrists. Rackham fires a ball of energy at Tad, who ducks and it hits the ceiling, causing stalactites to fall. Tad moves out of the way just as a huge boulder falls on Rackham, crushing him to death.