Blackbeard then places the doll’s head into a flame, and Jack grabs hold of his head as if he’s in a lot of pain until Blackbeard removes the doll from the flame. He opens his shirt to show a bloody symbol cut into his skin. Blackbeard sticks a knife into the doll and Jack shows signs of pain. Blackbeard tortures Jack Sparrow using a voodoo doll.A man in a rowboat rowing away from Blackbeard’s ship is engulfed in flames that shoot out from the ship.Also, ropes come to life, entangling the mutineers and hauling them up into the rigging, where they dangle upside down. The scene contains hard, rough sword fights, stabbings and punches to the face. A pirate has a sword thrust through his chest but pulls it out as if unhurt. During a mutiny on board Blackbeard’s ship, characters fight in a more brutal way.The scene shows fist fights and general brawling along with swordplay and the occasional musket being fired. Soldiers break into the tavern and a fight erupts between the soldiers and tavern patrons. Jack kicks his impersonator in the chest and then rips open her shirt to reveal her cleavage. There’s a sword fight between Jack Sparrow and another person who’s impersonating him and who turns out to be Angelica.But the movie does have a few scenes in which the violence is more brutal. Much of the violence in this movie is stylised. Sparrow now has to lead Blackbeard to the Fountain of Youth, while Barbossa and his men, as well as the Spanish navy, are also desperately seeking the fabled Fountain. When Jack wakes up, he’s at sea aboard a ship captained by Blackbeard the pirate, who turns out to be Angelica’s father. Jack’s romantic interlude is interrupted when he’s pursued and knocked unconscious by unknown enemies. The man claims to be Jack himself, but turns out to be an old flame, Angelica (Penelope Cruz). Jack escapes from the King’s custody but becomes involved in a duel with a strange man. He discovers that Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) is now a captain in the King’s navy and is after Jack’s map of the location of the Fountain of Youth. Meanwhile, Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is on a one-man mission to rescue a member of his crew but is captured and brought before King George II (Richard Griffiths). When the Spanish commander learns that the old-man is a 200-year-old survivor from an ill-fated expedition to find the legendary Fountain of Youth, the commander gives orders to set sail on the next morning’s tide. It's just not what I want.The fourth movie in the Pirates of the Caribbean series opens with Spanish fishermen finding a very old man entangled in their fishing nets. Basically it's a film for the technical wizards to show how much they can do in terms of visual effects, and they can do a lot. I didn't have huge expectations to begin with, but where I thought the film would deliver, it just didn't. All in all, I would say that I am disappointed. Javier Bardem does a good job as villain, but nothing I will remember him by. If he's to be involved, he should have a major role. It seems Disney only took him back to promote the film and lure old fans back for more. The decision to bring back Orlando Bloom to play Will Turner is fundamentally a good one, but I'm so disappointed with he's involvement in the film. In addition I think there are a lot of characters that just don't do anything to the story or adds humor or dynamic. I had good hopes that it could go somewhere, but mid- way through the story starts to split up and it didn't really have a good rhythm to it. Half the time he's completely drunk (really drunk, not just usual Jack-tipsy) and half the time he tells bad jokes which really is beneath a genius character like Jack Sparrow. This, combined with a really poor script, regarding Jack at least, makes it all fall apart. And I think that's natural, after all, it's been 13 years since he first portrait the character. In my opinion, Johnny Depp has lost his way as captain Jack. And this last bit I think is the biggest reason why this one fails to deliver. What I expect (hope) from a Pirates-film is elegant and witty dialog, compelling sea- battles and Jack Sparrow on fire. But that's not why I like Pirates of the Caribbean. The visual effects really is astonishing, and some of the scenes is beyond anything I have ever seen before. Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge does give us some spectacular moments. That may be unfair, but it's the reality. In all film-series, when a sequel is released it's mandatory to compare it to the best one - which in this case arguably everyone agrees is the first one. The fifth installment of the Pirates-series is by all means a step up from the fourth.
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