![]() ![]() Such lofty ambitions are not necessarily fatal, but here they cripple the plot. For the filmmakers, it seems to be a philosophical exercise that just happens to have big action set-pieces, an examination of a world where no character can trust another, and Cap’n Jack is merely one of an ensemble. ![]() For most, Pirates is a swashbuckling, comedy blockbuster with the puckish Cap’n Jack at its heart. The odd thing about this whole series is that the filmmakers apparently view it very differently from the audience. Instead we have a race to a prize that no-one needs bar, perhaps, the villain, and a lack of piratical vim and vigour. Another visit from Cap’n Jack is something devoutly to be wished for, but this fourth outing for Johnny Depp’s still-likable louche can’t recapture the magic of the first, or even match the narrative drive of its immediate predecessors. ![]()
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