Well if it ain't broke . . .

Rating: 6/10 (13 June 2017)

There's a certain recipe to these movies, and "Dead Men Tell No Tales" adheres faithfully to it Johnny Depp gets into one ridiculous situation after another, plays the dialogue with eccentric flair, all the while acting as a plot device for two central characters. In this case, it's Brenton Thwaites and the lovely Kaya Scodelario. There's an element here of getting the band back together as the crew and Barbossa reappear, and aside from some new curse, it's all very familiar.
It's not as overblown as I'd feared (and mercifully shorted than "At World's End), and maybe that's because of the audience. The guy in from of me was pretty pumped when the Black Pearl made her return; we're talking' fist in the air.
Strictly as a vehicle for Johnny Depp to do his pirate thing, it's not bad.
6/10