More Action, Less Humor

Rating: 6/10 (26 May 2007)

This film seemed like a muddled mess of action sequences with less of Jack Sparrow and less of the madcap humor that made the first two such fun. In general this is a lot darker and more dreary composition. The opening sequence consists of a mass execution that has little meaning to the plot overall. In general the plot meanders. Even though I've seen the first two, I had trouble following the plot at times. There is certainly a lot of action with bloodless stabbings, piercing, explosions and general mayhem but gone are any of the zany chases that left me in stitches in the first two. I found myself laughing very little in this one. While there are some good bits here and there, I'd recommend that unless you really have to see the action on a big screen that you save your money and wait for the DVD which will no doubt be out before Christmas.