I half-expected that the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria would make cameos. They even crowd the IMAX-imized screen with no fewer than six schooners vying for the spotlight-which leads to an excess of captains, too. Nathanson (“ Catch Me If You Can”) appear to be addicted to chaos.

Norwegian directing team Joaquim Ronning and Espen Sandberg (“ Kon-Tiki') as well as screenwriter Jeffrey D. As this leader of a gang of buccaneers in various degrees of decay explains in between the gushes of blood oozing from his mouth, he always leaves one survivor to pass along his legendary exploits. This time, the subtitle-and there’s always a subtitle-is “Dead Men Tell No Tales.” I get a vicarious thrill whenever a film’s name is actually spoken out loud by a character and Bardem’s ghastly Captain Salazar-a zombie-fied rival of Depp’s perpetually soused swashbuckler Jack Sparrow whose re-awakened ghoulish Spanish crew is determined to slay every pirate on the high seas-doesn’t disappoint.

But what was amusing, clever and innovative in 2003’s original, “The Curse of the Black Pearl”-I always liked those pirates who were exposed as skeletons when struck by moonlight-now feels like 'been there, plundered that.' True, this is the most successful series of films based on a brand-name theme-park attraction-not exactly a matter of pride, however, given that neither 2002’s “ The Country Bears” nor 2015’s “ Tomorrowland” were deemed worthy of sequels by the House of Mouse.

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