Angelica and Jack set sail for the new world aboard a ship commanded by Blackbeard ( Ian McShane), who is said to be her father. The best way to describe the plot is by explaining that the Fountain of Youth is the MacGuffin. It's all impossible leaping and incomprehensible cutting, giving us all of the movement of action and none of the excitement. We no longer see truly great sword-fighting, the kind performed by Liam Neeson and Tim Roth in " Rob Roy" (1995). Whether he is a competent swashbuckler is hard to say, because the fight sequences here are composed in the editing and do not seem to exist in an actual space-time continuum. He plays Jack Sparrow as an insouciant wise guy, rarely ruffled, always ready with a quip. Johnny Depp, who confesses he's rather tired of playing his relentless hero, nevertheless does a plucky job here. ![]() That anyone would still want to sail under Jack's command is a tribute to the daring of British seamen. An opening sequence is fun, as Captain Jack impersonates a British judge, is chased through London,and discovers his old amour, Angelica ( Penelope Cruz) attempting to impersonate him while raising the crew for a ship. I had fleeting hopes for this episode of the Disney franchise.
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