Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007)
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44% of critics liked it
(218 reviews) -
74% of users liked it
(2,579,982 ratings)
Director Gore Verbinski and the crew set sail once again for this, the third chapter in the swashbuckling Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is hopelessly trapped in Davy Jones' locker after a harrowing encounter with the dreaded Kracken, and now Will Turner… More Director Gore Verbinski and the crew set sail once again for this, the third chapter in the swashbuckling Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is hopelessly trapped in Davy Jones' locker after a harrowing encounter with the dreaded Kracken, and now Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) must align themselves with the nefarious Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) if they hold out any hope of saving their old friend from a fate worse than death. The East India Trading Company and its fearsome leader, Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander), have taken control of the ghostly Flying Dutchman and its captain, Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), and now the baleful Admiral Norrington (Jack Davenport) has taken the helm in a relentless bid to destroy every pirate ship in his path and bring the Age of Piracy to a violent close. Meanwhile, Will, Elizabeth, and Captain Barbossa navigate treacherous waters and face bitter betrayal as they set sail to gather the only army that can stand up to Beckett -- The Nine Lords of the Brethren Court. But Captain Jack Sparrow is one of the lords, and as long as he's stuck in Davy Jones' locker, Beckett and his nefarious armada are sure to emerge victorious. There's still hope, however, if the heroic team that includes Tia Dalma (Naomie Harris), Pintel (Lee Arenberg), and Ragetti (Mackenzie Crook) can reach exotic Singapore and convince vulpine pirate Sao Feng (Chow Yun-Fat) to provide them with charts and a ship. But even the powerful Brethren Court may need a bit of help from volatile sea goddess Calypso in order to weather the coming storm. With the entire future of the pirate way at stake, everyone will be forced to choose sides while drifting precariously to the edge of the earth for one final, spectacular battle. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Gore Verbinski
- Written By
- Terry Rossio, Ted Elliott
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- May 25, 2007 Wide
- On DVD
- Dec 4, 2007
- Studio
- Buena Vista
Critic Reviews
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Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Mind-bogglingly, there's virtually no swordplay for the first two hours; when Keith Richards shows up for his soused cameo, the visual joke hangs in the air.
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Advice to Johnny Depp fans: enjoy a seafood dinner, skip the beginning, and roll up after half an hour. You won't have missed a thing.
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Tom Charity, CNN.com
The entire franchise seems on the verge of collapse, propelled to construct ever more grandiose flights of fancy. Without those sequences, there would be nothing there -- but a movie cannot exist on rollick alone.
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David Ansen, Newsweek
The plot is not only hard to follow, there seems to be nothing real at stake. Half the characters are already dead, and half the movie seems to involve swordfights with dead people who can't be killed with swords.
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Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Not so much thought out as strung together -- colorful incident upon colorful incident, but without logic, gathering suspense or any attempt to establish emotional connections between audience and actors.
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Cast
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Johnny Depp
as Jack Sparrow
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Geoffrey Rush
as Captain Barbossa
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Orlando Bloom
as Will Turner
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Keira Knightley
as Elizabeth Swann
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Jack Davenport
as Norrington
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Bill Nighy
as Davy Jones
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Jonathan Pryce
as Governor Weatherby Swann
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Lee Arenberg
as Pintel
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MacKenzie Crook
as Ragetti
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Kevin McNally
as Gibbs
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David Bailie
as Cotton
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Stellan Skarsgård
as 'Bootstrap' Bill Turner
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Tom Hollander
as Cutler Beckett
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Naomie Harris
as Tia Dalma
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Yun-Fat Chow
as Captain Sao Feng
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Keith Richards (II)
as Captain Teague
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Martin Klebra
as Marty
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David Schofield
as Mercer
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Reggie Lee
as Headless
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Andy Beckwith
as Clacker/Dutchman
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Lauren Maher
as Scarlett
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Vanessa Branch
as Giselle








