Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2011
	Director: Rob Marshall (Chicago, Memoirs of a Geicha)
	Actors: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane
	Country: USA
	Genre: Adventure
	Conditions of visioning: 19.09.2013, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) is back. This time we follow him and two concurrent ships on the search for the Fountain of Youth.
Review: The first Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and its two sequels are supposed to have restarted the interest of the public in pirates movies (or 'swashbuckle' genre). I found that those movies were a bit confused, the fight scenes too long and the humor misplaced. Only after watching On Stranger Tides do I realize that the first three movies actually had something in them, some good ideas and character development, but less and less from the first to the third: the two faces of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), the love triangle, and the general storyline. On Stranger Tides has lost everything, except for the funny act of Johnny Depp, but even this one feels overstretched. The fight scenes are definitely poorly choregraphed, and because it is a Disney movie we don't see any trace of blood, no dead people (pirates are supposed to be cold-blooded bandits!), and no topless sirens for example. It is all very formatted. Usually special effects movies keep me awake, but on this one I was looking at my watch. I hope they stop the series at that.
Rating: 3 /10