Dead Man Tell No Tales is fun and all with visual set pieces but does feel like its on hallow waters.

Rating: 6/10 (30 May 2017)

Dead Man Tell No Tales may not entirely be dead on the water as the series may be running its course after a pointless fourth installment. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man Tell No Tales is a slight improvement over the last movie which focuses on new characters and a plot with emotionally driven characters that are on the search for the trident of Poseidon. Like how the first three Pirates movies were, when the story usually focused on Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth ( Keira Knightley) and Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) was just the comic relief. Then, The Strangers Tide film had Jack as the center of the story and failed to carry the movie, also besides the fact Johnny Depp has been struggling to carry a movie and been a decent actor with his latest work.
Beware of spoilers, the plot follows Henry (Brenton Thwaites) the son of Will Turner, who is emotionally driven to break his fathers curse. The only way to break the curse is to find the trident of Poseidon. After encountering Salazar (Javier Bardem), who wants him to find Jack Sparrow. So he can get his revenge after his confrontation with Sparrow left him and his crew cursed as a ghostly undead on the ocean. Meanwhile, Jack has been causing a stir up with a poorly executed bank robbery which he runs into Carina (Kaya Scodelario) who is an astronomer and believes in science that is causing everyone around her believing she is studying witchcraft. Henry enlisting the help of Carina to locate the trident and Jacks help to navigate the sea. As Salazar is on their trail with his ghostly ship crew that will stop at nothing that gets in their way.
The positives about the fifth Pirates movie is I love the concept idea that Henry and Carina are both the focus point of the story this time. These characters are emotionally driven and are on the search for something. And Jack Sparrow is put on the comic relief sideline this time as he wrecks havoc wherever he goes.
The film does have some fun big action set pieces from the opening with Jack being dragged along with the building in a bank robbery to ship battles and impressive climax that has these characters walking on the oceans floor. The visual effects were awesome.
Javier Bardem was a fun addition as the villain, who is mostly cgi with his ghostly movement and face. Brenton Thwaites was better than expected. After his dull work on his last films like The Giver, God of Egypt, or The Signal. Kaya Scodelario was good playing an independent women that is driven by science and knowledge with astronomy.
Like most Pirates films that is set up with fun big visual set pieces and Jack Sparrows clumsy humor. The humor with the character is no longer entertaining or funny. The character appeal is running into a dead mans tale. Johnny Depp performance is becoming dull. But if you enjoyed his humor in every Pirates movie, than this film is no different.
Overall, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man Tell No Tales is a fair film with exciting visual action sequences, some fun new characters. But the plot is running its course and along with Jack Sparrows repetitive slapstick humor that does not bring anything new to the table. On the high note, there is a post credit scene that is worth checking out teasing for the next film.