The fifth and final installment in the “Pirates” franchise titled “Dead Men Tell No Tales” hit theaters Friday, May 26. Despite mixed reviews it was just as successful as fans have come to expect from director Jerry Bruckheimer.

The film details Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) encountering a lady named Carina (Kaya Scodelario) and Henry, the son of William Turner, who is the star of the first three “Pirates” films.

They go on a hunt together to claim the Trident of Poseidon. While doing so they must dodge deadly ghost pirates led by the dreadful Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), as well as deal with famed pirate captain Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush).

This entry in the “Pirates” line brought back what some fans missed in the previous film, “On Stranger Tides.” This film saw Sparrow doing what he does best, which is getting into trouble. He somewhat drunkenly trades his magical compass, the symbol of this entire franchise, for a bottle of rum. This causes the crew of the fallen Spanish ship, the Silent Mary, to be freed from their watery prisons. Naturally, the next thing they do is go after the man who put them there: Jack Sparrow.

“Dead Men Tell No Tales” has been reviewed as both a massive success and a film that does not live up to the franchise name. However, some fans (and the profit charts) will agree this film was on the level of the first film of the saga, “Curse of the Black Pearl.” The film saw the humor of Sparrow and his crew of idiots (who literally agree they are idiots in the film), combined with the utter fear of ghost pirates and ghost sharks.

The most disappointing aspect of this film is that the famous line “You will always remember this as the day that you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!” does not appear. Although viewers do get to see a brief insight into how Jack became a captain, which more than made up for lacking such an iconic line.

Overall, “Dead Men Tell No Tales” was a spectacular sequel and fitting end to the “Pirates” franchise. It brought the humor of Johnny Depp (and the face of Orlando Bloom) that fans loved back to the big screen for a final farewell. It even introduced two new characters that fans are sure to love in Henry and Corina. This was the way the franchise deserved to end, and despite rumors of Brenton Thwaites being signed on for a sequel or two, if this is the end, it is an ending fans will enjoy for generations.