The Mummy on the high seas

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2003)

When I saw the 2nd trailer for this film, I thought to myself that it was "The Mummy" done at sea with pirates instead of in Egypt with mummies. But that's not a bad thing necessarily; this film is fun in an over the top, tongue in cheek kind of way. More a parody of pirate films than a real pirate film itself.
Many people say that Johnny Depp makes this film as Captain Jack Sparrow, and while he certainly is fun to watch, every goofball needs a straight man to play off of, and Orlando "Legalos" Bloom does that about as well as anyone else out there would have. Oh and Keira Knightley is hot.
The plot concerns Miss Keira being kidnapped by pirates (the ringleader played by Geoffrey Rush) who think that her blood will break a nasty curse hanging over them, all they need is to cut her hand open on the gold medallion in her possession by way of Orlando. The only problem is that it's actually Orlando Bloom's blood they need, not Keira's. But no one is aware of this right away so Orlando busts Johnny Depp out of jail and he agrees to help Orlando rescue the woman he loves.
Chaos and mayhem ensues. It's fun!