Epic and fun pirate adventure with an iconic character

Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2017)

The first pirate movie to be based off the Disney ride tells the tale of cursed pirates, a crafty sea captain, and a young couple. As a young girl, Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) finds a young William Turner (Orlando Bloom) in the ocean with a gold coin around his neck. In the present, since Elizabeth is the daughter of the Governor of Port Royal Weatherby Swann (Jonathan Pryce) she is promised to marry Norrington (Jack Davenport) but Will Turner hopes to woo her. Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) arrives in Port Royal tries to steal a ship from the British Navy but is caught by two guards. He has to save Ms. Swann when she faints off a cliff into the ocean from the effects of a corset.
Sparrow attempts to escape but in a fight with Will Turner he is caught and imprisoned. As Jack wallows in prison, the Black Pearl arrives with its deadly pirate crew captained by Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush). The pirates are in search of the gold coin Elizabeth possesses but when she claims "parlay", the pirates bring her aboard and kidnap her. Will Turner, determined to save Elizabeth, frees Jack Sparrow, and the two men steal a ship and head to Tortuga. Jack assembles a crew including Joshamee Gibbs (Kevin McNally) and Anamaria (Zoe Saldana).
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