A decent film but shows the series has grown stale

Rating: 6/10 (29 May 2017)

The pirates return for one last swashbuckling adventure that resolves a few outstanding plot threads from the previous film. Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is down on his luck still a whole bank instead of just the safe inside. Henry Turner (Brenton Thwaites) is the son of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and hopes to reverse the curse his father is under by finding the trident of Poseidon. He works aboard a British vessel until the crew is killed by dead men led by Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem) who wants revenge on Jack Sparrow. Also looking for the trident is Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario), a brilliant young woman accused of being a witch.
After the bank heist, Jack loses his crew because all of the gold fell out of the safe. He wonders through the streets drunkenly and trades the magic compass for a bottle of rum. This trade frees Salazar and his crew from their prison, allowing them to sail at daylight and take over the seas. Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) was the leader of the seas until Salazar started killing his crew and sinking his ships. A ruthless British officer Scarfield (David Wenham) imprisons Jack and Carina, sentencing them to execution. Barbossa goes to the real witch Shansa (Golshifteh Farahani) to understand what Salazar desires.
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