It goes back to the darker world of piracy as in the first film, but doesn't really forsake the high seas adventure of the last two movies. A lot of the recurring characters in the first trilogy are gone, which may or may not be a good thing. Sure, the root story of the first three movies (the Orlando Bloom-Keira Knightley romance) is finished, but I'm not so sure whether the new romantic subplot is as interesting. Johnny is as godly as ever, and a few scenes had me chuckling out hard. All in all, not bad at all. 7.5/10