Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)

3/10

Starring

Johnny Depp

Geoffrey Rush

Orlando Bloom

Keira Knightley

Directed by Gore Verbinski

After Dead Man’s Chest’s odd ending, we kick off with the main cast coming together to take down the villain Davy Jones, who is now controlled by Lord Beckett.
This fifth film has some good performances and nice effects, but if you thought the plot for Dead Man’s Chest was bad, wait until you see what Disney has in store for you in this movie.

The whole story feels like a waste, and the ending doesn’t make much sense at all. It ends in a way that makes you wonder if the execs at Disney even saw it before approving the movie for release. Or maybe they just wanted to ruin the franchise.
Because of the bad taste this movie leaves in your mouth, every Pirates of the Caribbean film after it has felt distasteful. Special effects and A-list actors can only do so much—when the plot fails, everything else falls by the wayside.

The plot picks up where Dead Man’s Chest left off. Lord Beckett is now somewhat in control of the seas, hunting down every pirate ship. He controls Davy Jones and uses that power to destroy any ship he thinks will oppose him. He even has Jones kill the Kraken.
Jack Sparrow was dragged down to Davy Jones’ Locker by the Kraken after Elizabeth trapped him on his ship in Dead Man’s Chest.

After Jack is rescued, a series of chaotic events unfold that are so mashed up you can tell this isn’t going to end well.
To rescue Jack, they need guidance from another pirate named Feng. Feng wants to kill Beckett by releasing Calypso, the goddess of the seas. In a series of unfortunate events, Feng captures Elizabeth, Will gets tossed off the ship (landing on the Flying Dutchman), Elizabeth becomes the captain of Feng’s ship, and later, we meet Jack Sparrow’s father. Elizabeth is then made Pirate King, and Calypso is released.
Calypso discovers who imprisoned her, conjures a massive storm, and well… all hell breaks loose.

With a useless ending and a vague hint at what the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie might be about, the film still managed to pull in a good enough financial return for Disney.
The box office returns and reception made Disney pause for about three years before considering another Pirates of the Caribbean movie. When they finally made one, it wasn’t well-received either but was commercially successful enough for them to greenlight a fifth film in 2017.