Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge (2017)
(Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales)
Country: US/AUS/GB/CAN
Technical: col/2.39:1 129m
Director: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Cast: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Kevin McNally, Orlando Bloom
Synopsis:
Will Turner's son, seeking to remove the curse that keeps his father imprisoned in the wreck of the Flying Dutchman, forms an unlikely alliance with a female amateur astronomer and Captain Jack Sparrow, who has a curse of his own from which to free himself.
Review:
A desultory retread of situations from the earlier films - a daring escape here, an accord with the undead there - this afterthought in the series begins with an absurd bank theft, itself stolen from The Bank Job and For a Few Dollars More. Some of the cast in turn look decidedly past their best (not least a cameo appearance by Sir Paul McCartney), and ugly effects work does little to endear the newcomers led by Bardem (one hankers for the gorgeous visuals of Verbinski's original, such as the seabed walk of the undead). Suffice to say that significant objects once more save the day, a British (naturally) nemesis is perfunctorily dealt with scarcely before he becomes a problem, and Jack Sparrow gets his ship back: we all go home happy. Or so thought Mr Bruckheimer.
(Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales)
Country: US/AUS/GB/CAN
Technical: col/2.39:1 129m
Director: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Cast: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Kevin McNally, Orlando Bloom
Synopsis:
Will Turner's son, seeking to remove the curse that keeps his father imprisoned in the wreck of the Flying Dutchman, forms an unlikely alliance with a female amateur astronomer and Captain Jack Sparrow, who has a curse of his own from which to free himself.
Review:
A desultory retread of situations from the earlier films - a daring escape here, an accord with the undead there - this afterthought in the series begins with an absurd bank theft, itself stolen from The Bank Job and For a Few Dollars More. Some of the cast in turn look decidedly past their best (not least a cameo appearance by Sir Paul McCartney), and ugly effects work does little to endear the newcomers led by Bardem (one hankers for the gorgeous visuals of Verbinski's original, such as the seabed walk of the undead). Suffice to say that significant objects once more save the day, a British (naturally) nemesis is perfunctorily dealt with scarcely before he becomes a problem, and Jack Sparrow gets his ship back: we all go home happy. Or so thought Mr Bruckheimer.
(Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales)
Country: US/AUS/GB/CAN
Technical: col/2.39:1 129m
Director: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Cast: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Kevin McNally, Orlando Bloom
Synopsis:
Will Turner's son, seeking to remove the curse that keeps his father imprisoned in the wreck of the Flying Dutchman, forms an unlikely alliance with a female amateur astronomer and Captain Jack Sparrow, who has a curse of his own from which to free himself.
Review:
A desultory retread of situations from the earlier films - a daring escape here, an accord with the undead there - this afterthought in the series begins with an absurd bank theft, itself stolen from The Bank Job and For a Few Dollars More. Some of the cast in turn look decidedly past their best (not least a cameo appearance by Sir Paul McCartney), and ugly effects work does little to endear the newcomers led by Bardem (one hankers for the gorgeous visuals of Verbinski's original, such as the seabed walk of the undead). Suffice to say that significant objects once more save the day, a British (naturally) nemesis is perfunctorily dealt with scarcely before he becomes a problem, and Jack Sparrow gets his ship back: we all go home happy. Or so thought Mr Bruckheimer.