Flamboyant Captain Jack Sparrow meets Blackbeard.

Rating: 7/10 (23 November 2011)

The franchise continues as that crafty swashbuckler Jack Sparrow, never one to look for trouble...but somehow finding it, wiggles himself in a bind. Rumors are that Captain Jack is gathering a crew to set out in search of the Fountain of Youth. Jack runs into a woman from his past, the enigmatic siren Angelica(Penelope Cruz), who manages to get him on board the Queen Anne's Revenge. Sparrow will start a mutiny against the captain of the ship...the infamous Blackbeard(Ian McShane). Meanwhile Captain Barbossa(Geoffrey Rush)has regal orders to capture Sparrow and the info leading to the mystical fountain. It just so happens Barbossa will find Jack in the company of his rival Blackbeard. Angelica also breaks the news to Sparrow that Blackbeard is her father and finding the Fountain of Youth will allow her to have him for an eternity. The most interesting sequences involve an angry zombie crew and icy waters filled with beautiful mermaids. Fascinating cinematography and sets. Special effects will remind you why movies cost so much. Keith Richards returns for a few moments as Jack's dad, Captain Teague. Others in the cast: Richard Griffiths, Kevin McNally, Stephen Graham, Judi Dench, Oscar Jaenada, Anton Lesser and Astrid Berges-Frisbey. If this franchise sets sail again; people will line up again to sign on.