![]() Once again, Keith Richards gets his cameo as Sparrow's dad, Captain Teague, and he gets one very nice line. So our own stately George II engages a notorious rival pirate, Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) to head up the official Team GB effort. One is the King of Spain, who is enraged at the thought of the English getting it another is the King of England (Richard Griffiths) who is enraged at the thought of a Catholic getting it. Their mission is to find the waters of the legendary fountain of youth, an Indiana-Jonesish objective shared by a couple of other maritime powers. He is played by rumbling-voiced Ian McShane, whose face here attains the texture and consistency of a leathery old boot heel. ![]() He finds himself confronting an old rival, or possibly an old flame: fiery buccaneer Angelica, played by Penélope Cruz, who has been trying to pressgang a crew of ne'er-do-wells among the city taverns to set sail with the terrifying Blackbeard – who she claims is her father. In this lengthy episode, our Jack is discovered evading the hangman's noose in Ye Olde London by various confusing and nefarious impostures, and then having one of his many uproarious chase scenes through the CGI landscape. ![]() Like Potter, however, Sparrow is evidently chary of committing himself too soon romantically. Without ever being billed as such, the POTC brand has turned into a multi-episode franchise like Harry Potter or 007, though unlike Potter, inexorably turning from moppet into loping teen as he did, Captain Sparrow does not change very much and in this movie is specifically tasked with uncovering the legendary fountain of eternal youth. Well, it's a zany, muscular spectacle with a witty and sprightly lead performance and, frankly, there's no sign of it ending any time soon.
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