The clarity and detailing evident in the hi-def visuals ensures that even the dingiest candle-lit sequences manage to impress in a purely technical sense and make these parts of the film just as easy to follow as the brightly lit island exteriors. Picture: This latest Pirates… outing can be a surprisingly dark and drab looking film at times, so it’s a damn good job that the disc’s AVC 2.40:1 1080p is up to the task at hand.
Instead it simply settles for introducing another needlessly convoluted plot and a boatload of new characters for him to bounce off – some fun (Penelope Cruz’s Angelica and Ian McShane’s Blackbeard) but most utterly forgettable.
This mind-numbing two-hour-fifteen-minute series of chases, double-crosses and action set-pieces casts Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow as the main protagonist, but disappointingly finds little new for the character to do. While it’s a long way from the abject disaster that was At World’s End, this fourth Pirates of the Caribbean flick proves that the franchise still has a long way to go before it can re-capture the spirit of the original film. Can the sea-faring franchise bounce back from the brink? Don't bet on it.
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