A Must Watch for all POTC Fans

Rating: 9/10 (31 July 2018)

Despite On Stranger Tides not living up to expectations of other films in the franchise, Dead Men Tell No Tales delivers on all the action and comedy that made the franchise popular in the first place.
While Jack Sparrow at times is a little too drunk, it is made up for by the hilarious comedy and awesome action. The scene where he was spinning around on a guillotine was one of the most memorable parts of the movie.
The new characters, Carina and Henry, are also enjoyable. It's nice to see characters who are not always in need of rescuing.
Captain Salazar is by far one of the best villains in the franchise. He is ruthless and menacing. The design for him, the crew and the Silent Mary are all spectacular. One of the best moments was when his ship came crashing down on the British on and it showed how monsterous Salazar really is.
I also liked the British captain in this one much better than Beckett who was not my cup of tea.
For me though, the breakout performance was Geoffrey Rush's Captain Hector Barbossa. Barbossa has been my favorite character since the first movie and Dead Men Tell No Tales delivers. In this movie, Barbossa is more vulnerable than he was in Stranger Tidea and World's End. For one thing, he is defeated by Salazar and forced to make a deal in order to spare his life. While a similar thing happened in Stranger Tides, this time, the stakes are up and it feels more intense, like Salazar could kill him any time. Barbossa is also much older in this film and it clearly shows plus the fact that he is handicapped. His relationship with Jack was very entertaining and the fact that Carina is his daughter allows viewers to see a more compassionate side to him. His sacrifice at the end, while heartbreaking, was a nice way to send him off because Barbossa became a true hero in that moment, thus completing his journey from villain to antihero to hero. Captain Hector Barbossa was truly one of the most amazing and complelling characters in Dead Men Tell No Tales.
Aside from that, the film had some fun cameos including Paul McCarthey(idk how to spell it), Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly.
Criticisms: Jack Sparrow was at times a little annoying and too drunk.
Like Dead Man's Chest, they had this one really unnecessary scene which involved Jack once more trying to escape from the bad guys, wind up on an island, and get captured by angry natives (sound familiar?).
Anyways, I give Dead Men Tell No Tales a 9/10 for great characters, cool actions and hilarious comedy.