Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Review

 

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Release Date: 25th May 2017 - Australia

Production Companies

Walt Disney Pictures

Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Distribution

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Australia

Genre: Action/Adventure

Rating: M

Runtime: 129 minutes

Budget: $230,000,000

Box Office Gross: $794,878,815 (Worldwide) 

Plot Summary

Thrust into an all-new
adventure, a down-on-his-

luck Captain Jack Sparrow 

feels the winds of ill-

fortune blowing even
more strongly when ghost
sailors led by his old nemesis
the evil Captain Salazar, 

escape from the Devil's 

Triangle. Jack's only hope 

of survival lies in seeking 

out the legendary trident
of Poseidon, but to find it
he must forge an uneasy
alliance with a brilliant and
beautiful astronomer and a
headstrong young man in the
British navy. (Source - Google)

Cast

Johnny Depp - Captain Jack Sparrow

Javier Bardem - Captain Salazar

Geoffrey Rush - Captain 

Hector Barbossa

Brenton Thwaites - Henry Turner

Kaya Scodelario - Carina Smyth

Kevin McNally - Joshamee Gibbs

Golshifteh Farahani - Shansa

David Wenham - Scarfield

Stephen Graham - Scrum

Angus Barnett - Mullroy 

Martin Klebba - Marty

Adam Brown - Cremble

Giles New - Murtogg

Orlando Bloom - Will Turner

Keira Knightley - Elizabeth Swann

Paul McCartney - Uncle Jack

Delroy Atkinson - Pike

Danny Kirrane - Bollard

Juan Carlos Vellido - Lt. Lesaro 

Rodney Afif - Officer Madga

Rupert Raineri - Officer Santos

Stephen Lopez - Officer Moss

Bruce Spence - Mayor Dix

Justin Smith - Mr. Krill

John Leary - Mr. Swift

Anthony De La Torre - Young Jack Sparrow

Finn Ireland - Young Pirate Jeff

James Mackay - Maddox

Bryan Probets - Bowen

Lewis McGowan - Henry Turner (12 Yrs Old)

Alexander Scheer - Young Teague

Richard Piper - Captain Toms

Michael Dorman - First Officer 

Wade 

Rohan Nicol - Officer Cole

Robert Morgan - Grimes
Zoe Ventoura - Mayor's Wife
Jonathan Elsom - Priest

Crew

Directors - Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg 

Based on Characters/Story/
Executive Producer - Terry Rossio

Based on Characters - Ted Elliott, Stuart Beattie and Jay Wolpert

Story/Screenplay - Jeff 

Nathanson

Executive Producers - Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr., Chad Oman, Mike Stenson and Brigham Taylor

Producer - Jerry Bruckheimer

Production Designer - Nigel Phelps
Supervising Art Director - Ian Gracie

Costume Designer - Penny Rose

Director of Photography - Paul Cameron

Stunt Coordinator - Thomas Robinson Harper

Fight Coordinator/Stunt Double: Javier Bardem - Thomas DuPont 

Special Effects Supervisor - Dan Oliver
Special Effects Coordinator - John Frazier

Visual Effects Supervisors - Gary Brozenich and Kenneth Nelson

Visual Effects Supervisor: MPC - Patrick Ledda

Film Editors - Roger Barton and Leigh Folsom Boyd
Sound Designer (Uncredited)/Supervising Sound Editor/
Re-Recording Mixer - Christopher Boyes

Music - Geoff Zanelli

Composers: Additional Music - Phil Boucher,
Zak McNeil, Paul Mounsey and Anthony B. Willis

Review 

Shiver me timbers, it's time for 'DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES' to set sail as Disney is trying to keep a waning franchise of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' afloat. It has been a wait of four years and some moviegoers have lost interest in the series because of the extremely divisive 'On Stranger Tides'. The studio and its former partner Jerry Bruckheimer have decided that an another change of direction would best suit the next film and brought in two Norwegian directors. Unfortunately much of it was dogged by a string of production difficulties as its main actor Johnny Depp was injured on-set and facing career-threatening issues. Yet, this feature tries to convince us that there's still hope left in the series as Depp is struggling to regain much of his A-list status from the allegations. The two new lead characters of the film weren't as believable as Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann from the original film's. This film wasn't quite as promising as its narrative, when most of us believe it would replicate the approval from 'The Curse of the Black Pearl'.

Now that Depp has become a shadow of his former self as the role that was once inspired from the exploits of the great matinee idol Errol Flynn is losing his edge. Javier Bardem was splendid in his portrayal of the undead pirate hunter Salazar, who was purely motivated by revenge on Jack Sparrow... I mean Captain Jack Sparrow. He is the film's only other redeeming feature and it was fortunate he had not signed on to a different picture than being in the ensemble cast. We can also thank Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley for being in their special guest appearances as Will and Elizabeth after they were both absent in the previous movie.

'DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES' was not the long-awaited film to rescue the series from its declining quality. It has some moments, but not nearly enough to contain all the balance that was forgotten from the sequels. So viewers be warned, watch at your own risk!

Star rating: (5/10) Average

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