Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End [blu-Ray] - At World's End - 2 Disc Special Edition

Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy

Johnny Depp	Captain Jack Sparrow
Keira Knightley	Elizabeth Swann
Orlando Bloom	Will Turner
Chow Yun-Fat
Geoffrey Rush	Captain Barbossa
Bill Nighy	Davy Jones
Jonathan Pryce	Governor Weatherby Swann
Stellan Skarsgard
Jack Davenport	Admiral James Norrington
Lee Arenberg	Pintel
Keith Richards	Captain Teague
Stellan Skarsgård	Bill Turner
Kevin McNally	Gibbs
Mackenzie Crook	Ragetti
Yun-Fat Chow
Naomie Harris

Director	Gore Verbinski
Producer	Jerry Bruckheimer; Bruce Hendricks
Writer	Terry Rossio; Ted Elliott
Cinematography	Dariusz Wolski
Musician	Hans Zimmer

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is a rollicking voyage in the same spirit of the two earlier Pirates films, yet far darker in spots (and nearly three hours to boot). The action, largely revolving around a pirate alliance against the ruthless East India Trading Company, doesn't disappoint, though the violence is probably too harsh for young children. Through it all, the plucky cast (Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush) are buffeted by battle, maelstroms, betrayal, treachery, a ferocious Caribbean weather goddess, and that gnarly voyage back from the world's end--but with their wit intact. As always, Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow tosses off great lines ; he chastises "a woman scorned, like which hell hath no fury than!" He insults an opponent with a string of epithets, ending in "yeasty codpiece."!

In the previous Dead Man's Chest, Sparrow was killed--sent to Davy Jones' Locker. In the opening scenes, the viewer sees that death has not been kind to Sparrow--but that's not to say he hasn't found endless ways to amuse himself, cavorting with dozens of hallucinated versions of himself on the deck of the Black Pearl. But Sparrow is needed in this world, so a daring rescue brings him back. Keith Richards' much ballyhooed appearance as Jack's dad is little more than a cameo, though he does play a wistful guitar. But the action, as always, is more than satisfying, held together by Depp, who, outsmarting the far-better-armed British yet again, causes a bewigged commander to muse: "Do you think he plans it all out, or just makes it up as he goes along?" As far as fans are concerned, it matters not. --A.T. Hurley