You may have noticed it’s taking me some time to get round to posting reviews of certain films I saw months ago. Sometimes I can’t remember anything about them and other times things just stay in your head and you can write the review like you saw it yesterday. Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides just about falls into the latter category as there are a number of enjoyable scenes and fans of the films will no doubt enjoy themselves. However, no matter how hard they try, the films can’t shake off the feeling of similarity between them. Well, why change a winning formula you say? I don’t disagree with that statement, but this set of films will now be remembered as a whole, as opposed to each one having any individual signature of brilliance. The big difference in this one is that Rob Marshall has taken over the directorial reigns from Gore Verbinski. Marshall knows his way around a film set and does a good job of directing the action scenes, but there’s little here that suggests he’s no more than Jerry Bruckheimer’s man for hire. On the plus side, even if you’ve forgotten most of the previous three films this can still be followed fairly easily and it’s a vast improvement on the bloated third film. We also get the welcome additions of Penelope Cruz sexing it up as a past lover and Ian McShane brings a bit of menace in his role as Blackbeard. Wither Jack Sparrow though? Depp’s routine for these films grew tiresome a long time ago and it’s up to you to decide whether you can put up with another 2 hours and 15 minutes of his hamming it up. Time for Jack to walk the plank? Unlikely, what with this film churning up the box office, but now that most of the back story has been explained, is there really anything else left to tell?
The OC Film Sting Final Verdict
Nothing too bad here, but nothing too memorable either. One for the fans mainly. Rating: 6/10.
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