Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES  (2017)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Joachim Ronning, Espen Sandberg
    Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem,
    Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Golshifteh Farahani,
    Kevin McNally, David Denham, Paul McCartney
That's "Pirates 5", for those who keep track of such things, with Johnny Depp staggering back on board as flamboyant rumpot Captain Jack Sparrow. This time around, Captain Jack and everybody else in the pirate universe is sailing out after the Trident of Poseidon, a fabled treasure that has the power to reverse all the curses of the sea. So there's Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), of course. And a ghost ship commanded by ruthless (and dead) pirate killer Javier Bardem. And another ship manned by pirate-hunting redcoats. And a young romantic couple, both linked genetically to older "Pirates" characters. And Captain Jack's sometimes mutinous crew. And a monkey. It'd be a mistake to expect too much from a movie like this, but on its own terms, it delivers the ill-gotten goods. It's too long by at least a couple of reels, and Geoff Zanelli's musical score never stops reminding you that he's listened to a lot of Hans Zimmer. But it's also lively, exciting, broadly acted, cool to look at and shamelessly silly. I saw it at the Crest in Seattle on a Wednesday afternoon when the temperature outside was over 90°, and for $4, it was just the thing.