Terrible, Awful

Rating: 3/10 (10 June 2017)

*** This film is filled with sexism and political correctness. While this is the standard today, this comment helps mindful people filter movies ***
The series has been hit and miss. However, I believe this movie could have been great if it had Keira Knightley in it. Keira knows how to play independent, strong, yet, not sexist. Unfortunately, Kata Scodelario is none of those things. Her dialog is laced with sexism and the usual pseuo-intellectual without the chops to pull it off. Brenton Thwaites (whilst having a character with humility) was flat. Something must have seriously been wrong because brilliant actors like Geoffrey Rush (Barbossa) and Javier Bardem (Captain Salazar) were not their usual standard. Thankfully, Kevin McNally (Joshamee Gibbs) was as lovable as ever.
The story was average, not good but not bad. It retains some of its usual humour as we see Jack Sparrow in a series of humorous circumstances, although, the layering of crossing and double crossing from the previous series was sadly lacking.
I suspect a box office failure of this movie will be an end to the Pirates of the Caribbean series. However, i'd argue with better actors (especially Knightley), the series could continue. However, this will only work as long as mainstays such as Kevin McNally, Geoffrey Rush and Johnny Depp stay on board.