Click below to watch the Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides trailer.
Walt Disney Pictures
Rated PG-13
Running time: 136 minutes
In Walt Disney Studio's Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Captain Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, needs a ship and crew to find the Fountain of Youth. Depp runs into an old flame, Penélope Cruz, who kidnaps Depp for her father - Blackbeard the Pirate, Ian McShane.
This is a dark film, both visually and thematically. With a prophecy that Ian McShane will be killed by a one-legged man, Geoffrey Rush, McShane as the evil Blackbeard the Pirate, with his magical sword, forces Depp with his map to find the Fountain of Youth for him so McShane will stay alive. There is a question as to which side Cruz is playing for, or if she is just out for herself. Meanwhile, after finding a survivor from Ponce de León's ship, the Spanish navy goes on a quest for the Fountain of Youth as well - so England sends privateer Rush after the Fountain of Youth as well for Queen and Country. Because of a magical ritual, one of the things necessary for the Fountain of Youth to work is the tear of a mermaid - so they set out to capture a mermaid. These are not the cute typical cartoon Disney mermaids you are used to, but more like evil siren-like Harpy's with flippers and can be very beautiful and frightening.
There are a lot more religious themes in the movie than I expected, which made sense for the story - especially with the Spaniards, the Fountain of Youth becoming more important than any gold and silver treasure they might encounter. It is curious to see the professionalism of the British and Spanish navies compared to the pirates and zombie crew of McShane's ship the Queen Anne's Revenge. The cameo by rocker Keith Richards was quite good.
Rated PG-13 for violence and supernatural elements. Running time: 136 minutes.
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