Once again, pro performance from Depp

Rating: Null/10 (2 August 2003)

Some pirate movies can be swashbuckling poor so it is a joy to see such a stunner blast it's way on to the big screen. The visual effects are extremely clever specially with the fighting scenes in different lighting at the end. The cast was superb, especially Jack Davenport who started his career in the BBC "This Life" series. The storyline is not the strongest around but it doesn't matter with this film as your swept up with the fighting scenes and the performance of Johnny Depp. You may have notice that Mr Depp isn't on the big screen much and this is due to him carefully selecting the right movie to star in and he is, most of the time, never wrong with his selection. On this occasion his accent and slightly camp/drunkenness style Jack Sparrow character was down to a tee. Orlando Bloom's acting was not the best par from his Lord Of The Rings "legolas" performance. All in all a joy to watch and when it's on general release in the UK from next Friday I would expect it to be a the top of the box office for a while.