Captain Jack Sparrow searches for the Trident of Poseidon.

Rating: 7/10 (30 May 2017)

A FAMILIAR STORYLINE DOES NOT STOP THIS NEW YO-HO WORTHY ADVENTURE MOVIE FEATURING AN UNDEAD JAVIER BARDEM! A Movie Review By: Jake Werling *may contain spoilers* Statistics: Releases Date: May 26th, 2017, Run Time: 2 h and 9 min, Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Studio: Walt Disney pictures, Stars: Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Geoffrey Rush, and Kevin McNally, Directed by Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg, and Jerry Bruckheimer, Rated PG-13 for sequences of adventure violence and some suggestive content.
I bet we all know that in 2011, the new fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, On Stranger Tides was almost universally hounded by critics and fans alike. The story was too obvious, the action sequences were kind of noisy, and sort of mixed in some random missionary/mermaid love story. This new installment in the franchise finally gives us the rip-roaring pirate movie that we've waited six years for. To start off, the plot centers around a down on his luck Captain Jake Sparrow (Johnny Depp) who's misfortune even leads his best friend Gibbs (Kevin McNally) to question whether this man should be the captain of him and the crew. When his old undead nemesis Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem) and his undead crew escape the Devil's Triangle vowing to kill every pirate at sea including him, his luck just turns worse. However, after coming across the son of his old friend Will Turner, Henry Turner (Brenton Thwaites) and a young, but brilliant orphan astronomer Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario), his luck suddenly changes. Together, they embark on a journey to find the Trident of Poseidon, a treasure that will give it's user control over all the oceans in the world. Along the way, they encounter the turned pirate Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) and Captain Salazar who wants revenge on Jack and is also looking for the Trident. The new story featuring a pirate killer and the son of Will Turner is a new improvement. A nice change of directors and an undead Javier Bardem also helps because WHO DOESN'T LIKE AN UNDEAD JAVIER BARDEM! Even though the story is new, the plot elements might be a little familiar with the opening scene being a little familiar to the opening scene in On Stranger Tides. That is my only criticism in fact. The new cast editions of Javier Bardem, Kaya Scodelario, and Brenton Thwaites was also a very good choice. This film also pays tribute to the original Pirates of the Caribbean movies. In other words, this is the best pirate movie since The Curse of the Black Pearl!