After a failed attempt to rescue his former first mate, Joshamee Gibbs (Kevin McNally) in
London, England,
Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is brought before King George II (Richard Griffiths), who wants Jack to guide an expedition to the Fountain of Youth before the Spanish locate it. Heading the expedition is Jack's old nemesis, Captain Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), now a privateer in service to the British Navy after having lost Jack's ship, the
Black Pearl, as well as his leg.
Jack escapes, but his father, Captain Teague (Keith Richards) finds him and warns Jack about the Fountain's tests. He also reveals that someone is impersonating Jack. The impostor is Angelica (Penélope Cruz), Jack's former lover and daughter of the ruthless pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), who possesses supernatural powers and practices voodoo magic.
Jack is taken aboard Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, and forced to lead the way to the Fountain, and to find two silver chalices once belonging to Juan Ponce de León, believed to be aboard his grounded ship. The Fountain's water must be drunk simultaneously from the two chalices. The person drinking from the chalice containing a mermaid's tear has their life extended, while the other person dies, their years of life drained from their body. Meanwhile, Gibbs, having memorized and destroyed Sparrow's map, barters with Barbossa to guide him to the Fountain.
Blackbeard wants the Fountain's power to circumvent his predestined fatal encounter with a one-legged man, and sets a course for Whitecap Bay. There, he traps a mermaid (Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey) that Philip Swift (Sam Claflin), a captive missionary, falls in love with and names Syrena. Blackbeard then sends Sparrow to retrieve the chalices from de León's ship.
When Sparrow finds the decaying vessel, Barbossa is waiting inside: the Spanish have already taken the chalices. But Barbossa only seeks revenge against Blackbeard for capturing the Black Pearl that forced Barbossa to amputate his own leg to escape. He and Jack join forces to defeat Blackbeard, then head to the nearby Spanish camp to steal the chalices. Meanwhile, Syrena, who returns Philip's love, is tricked into shedding a tear, which Blackbeard collects, then leaves her to die while forcing Philip to go with him. Sparrow returns with the chalices and Gibbs, who he had reunited with while helping Barbossa. Jack negotiates with Blackbeard to return his confiscated magical compass and to let Gibbs go free in exchange for the chalices and his leading them to the Fountain. Blackbeard agrees, and Gibbs departs with Jack's compass.
At the Fountain, Blackbeard and his crew are attacked by Barbossa, then the Spanish, sent by their king to destroy the Fountain, believing its power is an abomination against God. After an intense battle, Barbossa stabs Blackbeard with a poison-laced sword that Angelica accidentally cuts herself on. Barbossa claims Blackbeard's magical sword, and assuming command, leaves with Blackbeard's crew. Philip, though mortally wounded, escapes and returns to free Syrena. After finding the chalices that the Spaniards had tossed into deep water, Syrena gives them to Jack, then retrieves the dying Phillip, taking him underwater to save his life.
As both Blackbeard and Angelica lay dying, Blackbeard wants his daughter to sacrifice herself to save him. Angelica willingly agrees, but Jack secretly switches the cups, giving her the one containing Syrena's tear, thus sparing her life and reducing Blackbeard to a skeleton. Despite declaring their love, Jack, knowing Angelica may avenge her father's death, strands her on an island, intending for a passing ship to pick her up. Meanwhile, Barbossa, who now commands the Queen Anne's Revenge, renounces his ties to the crown and reverts to piracy. Jack finds Gibbs, who used Jack's compass to locate the Revenge and retrieve the Black Pearl, as well as the other captured ships that Blackbeard had magically shrunk and bottled. The two head off, hoping to find a way to return the Pearl to its original size.
In a post-credits scene, Angelica, still on the island, finds Blackbeard's voodoo doll of Jack, which has washed ashore.
Cast
- Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, the former captain of the Black Pearl who is now in search of the Fountain of Youth.
- Penélope Cruz as Angelica, Blackbeard's daughter and First Mate and Sparrow's former love interest.
- Ian McShane as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, the pirate captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge who wants to escape a prophecy by finding the Fountain of Youth.
- Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa, a former pirate captain; now a privateer in the court of King George II and captain of the HMS Providence.
- Kevin McNally as Joshamee Gibbs, Sparrow's former First Mate and best friend.
- Sam Claflin as Philip Swift, a stalwart missionary.
- Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey as Syrena, a mermaid.
- Greg Ellis as Lt. Cmdr. Theodore Groves, Barbossa's First Officer.
- Damian O'Hare as Lieutenant Gillette, Barbossa's Second Officer.
- Stephen Graham as Scrum, a pirate serving on the Queen Anne's Revenge.
- Óscar Jaenada as The Spaniard, head of the Spanish Secret Service seeking to destroy the Fountain of Youth believing that its powers are an abomination against God.
- Gemma Ward as Tamara, the antagonistic queen mermaid who tries to lure sailors to their death.
- Richard Griffiths as King George II, King of Great Britain.
- Keith Richards as Captain Teague, Captain Jack Sparrow's father.
- Judi Dench as a noblewoman.
- Derek Mears as the Master-at-Arms.
- Sebastian Armesto as King Ferdinand VI, the ruler of the Spanish Empire.
- Anton Lesser as Lord John Carteret.
- Roger Allam as Henry Pelham, the Prime Minister of Great Britain.
- Paul Bazely as Salaman.
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