<i>Pirates of the Caribbean 5</i> <br>Is a Sinking Vessel
The latest installment in the flagging franchise, <em>Dead Men Tell No Tales</em>, offers a dreary, imitative voyage.
by Christopher Orr
May 26, 2017
3 minutes
The subtitle of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie is “Dead Men Tell No Tales.” The moral of the movie, alas, is that the same cannot be said of dead franchises.
The first film was an unexpected success: wildly overlong and over-plotted yet kept afloat by a wicked, bravura, and utterly original performance by Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, a swishily swaggering mélange of rum, eyeliner, and impudence. As is customary, the sequel
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