stayed with it for awhile

Rating: 5/10 (24 September 2017)

Henry Turner (Brenton Thwaites) has searched all his life for Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and the Trident of Poseidon to free his father Will Turner. Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario) is a feminist sentenced to be hung as a witch. She has a diary which could lead to the Trident. The trio is pursued by Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem) who escaped from the Devil's Triangle which a young Sparrow put him in. Salazar finds Captain Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) and destroys his fleet.
The plot is convoluted and incomprehensible. The action is bloated and chaotic. Of course, this is a Pirates movie. None of that is surprising. I'm actually surprised that I stayed with this one for a long time. Carina is a feminist in the way that SJW is actually an apt description. It's rather annoying. Thwaites lacks charisma as the young lead and is overwhelmed by the screen. Johnny Depp is less outrageous which is both good and bad. When he's crazy, there's something to point to. I like the guillotine action scene and Salazar's flashback to his Sparrow encounter. Otherwise, everything else is either a muddle or an unlikable watch. This franchise may be unsalvagable.