Who wouldn't do everything within their power to drink from a fountain of youth? Including having to face the Royal British Army, hundreds of flesh-eating mermaids, and even the infamous Blackbeard? In the new Pirates of the Caribbean,On Stranger Tides, Cap'n Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) jumps headlong into each of these dangerous adventures. With new cast members and a new plot line, Pirates 4 makes for quite the suspenseful ride.
Jack is back with the same beaded dreds, eyeliner, drunken swagger, and charm that audiences everywhere have come to love. With the widely feared Blackbeard on the loose, Jack has his hands tied trying to begin mutinies, cheat death and make amends with women from his past. Penelope Cruz makes a convincing and stunning leading lady as she plays Blackbeard's daughter Angelica, coincidentally Jack's love interest and rival.
Strangely enough, Barbosa (Jeffrey Rush) has "repented" of his pirate ways and is now a captain in the Royal British Navy. He and Jack have a go at their usual friendly ways, both racing to find the fountain of youth.
Though it offers great entertainment for all audiences, Stranger Tides is no competitor with the first installment of the Pirates series, (Pirates of the Caribbean-the Black Pearl). With far-fetched love stories of mermaids and missionaries, some parts of the movie are unresolved and seem to be unnecessarily trippy. However, after the third Pirates, (Pirates of the Caribbean, At World's End), trippy might be a staple trait.
Stranger Tides, flaws and all, will have audiences rolling in laughter and caught in comical and supernatural suspense.
