Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 4K 2011 Ultra HD 2160p

When Jack (Johnny Depp) unexpectedly meets Angelica (Penelope Cruz), a woman from his past, he does not understand if love brought them together, or if he is simply being used to search for the much-desired Fountain of Youth. Unpredictable adventures follow one after another, and when, thanks to the intrigues of Angelica, Jack Sparrow finds himself on board the ship of a cruel pirate captain nicknamed Blackbeard (Ian McShane), he no longer knows who to fear more - his old love or a terrible sea robber.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 4K Review
The England sailing team, a little less than all riff-raff, races against impeccably dressed Spanish rivals in search of the source of eternal life. The ratio of their odds is suspiciously reminiscent of last year's world football championship. Jack Sparrow (Depp) follows a parallel course, accompanied by a retired beautiful nun (Cruz) and her sinister dad (McShane).

Those who waited with horror for radical changes will breathe easy. Compared to the Verbinski trilogy, only the nuances have changed in the new series. Probably to emphasize how far the source is hidden, in almost all the places where our heroes prowl, the sun never shines. Although maybe 3D just looks more spectacular on a dark background.

The film should be the first part of a new trilogy.

Depp agreed to participate in the project before writing the script.

The film is loosely based on the adventure novel On Stranger Tides (1988) by Tim Powers.

Almost the most written and charming hero unexpectedly turns out to be Barbossa, who legalized himself as an honest privateer, although with a piece of wood instead of a leg he became even more like a caricature pirate. The snot has also noticeably decreased. True, due to the absence of Knightley and Bloom, the authors now had to hang the conditional "love line" on the poor wimp Sparrow (well, a little more on very minor characters). Therefore, from Depp, who was too much in the previous parts from a dramatic point of view, it became impossible to breathe at all: he does not move the story and is needed only because he is Johnny Depp and we love him. As a symbol of the franchise, an expensive elite brand, he appears in almost every scene, adjoining one or the other opposing side and, contrary to logic, does not arouse the slightest suspicion of either one or the other.

In general, meaningfulness is not the most obligatory component of children's cinema, and Rob Marshall understands this very well. The picture is correctly constructed according to the principle of a buffet canape: circus reprises are neatly inserted into the gaps between the percussive stunt episodes (there are also small masterpieces: for example, the donut scene), while the puff work itself remains surprisingly light, which is called one bite.

Taking a little bit of everything and not bothering with particulars, Marshall, a musical lover, finally turned the Disney pirate romp into a family carnival with zombies and mermaids. The director seems to particularly like the latter, and it is not for nothing that he repeatedly draws our attention to how carefully their tails are drawn. Well, yes, the tails are nothing.