Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

I’ll say this much for it: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is better than its 2011 predecessor, On Stranger Tides, even if it doesn’t bring much of anything new to the long-running franchise or do much to justify its existence.

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Capping things off with some lame twists and a bit of fan service in the finale, if you’re really desperate for some pirate action, watch the original, which has storyline that can carry itself, some character development, and certainly not least, a Captain Jack Sparrow that still has some light in his eyes.

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Johnny Depp's shtick keeps the franchise afloat.

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While some moviegoers may be amped with ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ taking another run through the hits, most everyone else will be dismayed at what has become a rudderless, deadening moviegoing experience.

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Yes, dead men tell no tales — but neither, really, do the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

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Dead men may tell no tales, but with Disney's latest Pirates sequel, I'm not convinced that living men can tell tales with any more intrigue.

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Isn’t it generous of the folks at Disney to bestow upon us, the humble ticket-buying public, another chance to contribute to star Johnny Depp’s wine-of-the-month club fund by launching a fifth voyage into the diminishing returns of its “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise.

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It’s great to have a job watching — and then writing about — movies. But why does “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” have to feel so much like work?

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The "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise steers off-course in this drab fifth entry.

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There are a few new faces but not many new ideas in the fifth instalment of the increasingly becalmed Disney franchise.

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In order to release his father, Will (Orlando Bloom), from the curse of the Flying Dutchman, Henry Turner (Brenton Thwaites) is on a quest to find the magical Poseidon’s Trident. Along the way, he joins forces with scientifically minded orphan Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario) and his dad’s one-time frenemy Cap’n Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) — who happens to have an evil Spanish ghost (Javier Bardem) after him.

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A pickled Johnny Depp dons the eyeliner again, this time fleeing an immortal pirate-hunter played by Javier Bardem.

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Remember when the world was a different place, in 2003, and one “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie was enough?

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Better to scupper this armada of waterlogged mediocrity as soon as possible. This ship has sailed, sank, and not to put too fine a bowsprit on it, sucks.

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Welcome to the fifth — and, Davy Jones willing, the last — installment of this franchise: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Johnny Depp Is Bad With Money.”

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Wheezing franchise hauls out another deep-sea adventure and more undead bucaneers – but this is beginning to feel like walking the plank.

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The movie under consideration — “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” — is, by contrasts, long and punishing.

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Depp’s perfunctory gestures and flailing pratfalls befit a film that brings the series’s theme-park roots full circle.

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The latest in the seafaring franchise is a case study in blockbuster bloat and incoherence.

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