PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

Reviewed By: Paul Mount

Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Jack Davenport, Jonathan Pryce, Kevin R McNally, Mackenzie Crook,

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At last! At last!!! A summer blockbuster which genuinely busts some blocks. A summer blockbuster without a number at the end of its title, unencumbered by the crushing weight of the expectations engendered by its place in its franchise. A summer blockbuster inspired not by a comic book or a corny old television series…but by a Walt Disney studios theme park attraction. Whaaa…? Has the world gone quietly mad? Very probably – but PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL is a breath of fresh air in a multiplex world clogged up with sequels and remakes and reimaginings of old film and TV shows. They say there's nothing new under the sun and that's certainly true; it's how you do it that counts. POTC (no, I'm not going to keep on repeating the title, thanks very much) resu