The Worst Installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise so far.

Rating: 3/10 (19 May 2017)

A voodoo doll Jack Sparrow, a disappointing Penelope Cruz character, a forced romance between a mermaid and a religious man and a villain claiming to be Blackbeard that has the ability to control rope. All of those things add up to the worst Pirates of the Caribbean movie to date.
While the idea looked good on paper, the execution of the film was misguided. Jack Sparrow is actually more bearable in this film than he was in Dead Man's Chest or At World's End and Barbossa is always a good addition, but it's the new cast that are lacking. Penelope Cruz's Angelica lacks depth, Ian McShane's Blackbeard is a far cry from the great Davy Jones, and Philip, the religious man is nothing more than fodder for a bad romance between him and a mermaid. Also, this prospect of the Jack Sparrow voodoo doll is so out of nowhere and preposterous that I'm not surprised that they completely ignored this plot point in Dead Men Tell No Tales.