Arrgh Matey, Where are the looters?

Rating: 7/10 (14 June 2011)

This film is well produced. It has great looks. The plot is simple and easy to follow compared with the last installment. Penelope Cruz is a good addition to replace Keira. So why isn't the movie great? It's because there is no new ground broken here. Almost everything that is done in this installment has been done before. There are very few surprises and nothing in action or humor that makes this movie a unique one in the series.
There is one thing, at the end Cruz gets a Voodoo doll of Sparrow. Is this a thing she is going to stick pins in it and end this series? Unless we get a script that commands attention from the audience, maybe that would be a good thing.
This movie has all the trappings of a hit film, but trappings are just the decor. Where is the treasure? That is what is missing here.