A Good Installment In The Franchise

Rating: 7/10 (26 May 2017)

I saw "Pirates of the Caribbean:Dead Men Tell No Tales", starring Johnny Depp-Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Into the Woods; Javier Bardem-The Counsellor, Collateral; Geoffrey Rush-Gods of Egypt, Mystery Men; Brenton Thwaites-Gods of Egypt, Oculus and Kaya Scodelario-The Maze Runner movies, The Truth About Emanuel.
This is the 5th in the Pirates series and I must say, one of the better installments. It has Johnny returning as Jack Sparrow and Geoffrey as Barbossa and then some newbies to the franchise. Javier is the pirate hunting villain, Brenton is the son of Orlando Bloom & Kiera Knightly- who both make small cameos-and Kaya is an adventurous young lady-who also has a family connection to another character but I won't spoil it for you here. In flashbacks, you get to see a young Johnny and why Javier is so obsessed with revenge on Johnny. The main plot involves everyone searching for the Trident of Poseidon, which is rumored to be able to break curses, among other things. The special effects are pretty amazing. Besides the ghosts-who look awesome-you have ghost sharks and ghost birds, too. If you remember from some of the previous movies, Keith Richards played Johnny's dad-However, he does not appear in this one. You do get to meet Johnny's uncle though, and he is played by another famous rock singer from around the same time period as Richards became famous-He is in heavy make-up but look for him in a jail scene when Johnny stops and talks to him as he is singing one of his songs. Make sure you stay until after the credits; there is a scene that could lead into the next movie. It's rated "PG-13" for adventure violence and sexual content-no nudity- and has a running time of 2 hours & 9 minutes. I think this was a good installment in the series and I would buy it on Blu-Ray.