Kiddie flick

Rating: 6/10 (21 May 2008)

Not up to the first or even the second movie in the series, PIRATES AT WORLD'S END has Jack Sparrow's crew searching for their lost captain. You may recall Captain Jack was swallowed by a giant beast at the end of the second movie. He exists in a sort of Limbo at the beginning of this film. Eventually, all are reunited, and it's time to fight both Davy Jones and his ghostly crew as well as the British navy. Loads of CGI, with a computer rendering of Captain Jack standing in for the real thing in many of the action sequences. Of course, the kids won't mind, having been conditioned to this cartooniness by SPIDER-MAN flicks. Johnny Depp is funny as the seemingly endlessly inebriated Captain Jack, but the humor wears a bit thin this third time around. The ending may disappoint the adults. But again, the kiddies probably won't mind. Let's hope this is the end of the series.