At World's End concludes the trilogy - and sees the conflict between devilish pirate Davy Jones and lovable Captain Jack Sparrow come to it's climactic end.
When At World's End was released in the cinemas, critics didn't rave about it as they had with the first two films - but in actual fact, the final 'Pirates' movie is an immensely satisfying experience and winds up with a cracking denouement.
As you might remember, the second Pirates of the Caribbean film, Dead Man's Chest, saw Davy Jones under the thrall of the East India Trading Company - and Captain Jack cast into the hellish realm known as Davy Jone's Locker.
In the third movie, his loyal crew (although loyalty is a fleeting commodity in the world of 'Pirates,') steals a ship and sails to the 'ends of the earth' to rescue their captain and his infamous ship, The Black Pearl.
Once Jack's been saved, it's time for the squabbling pirates to unite against the East India Trading Company, who rule the seas with Davy Jone's indestructible Flying Dutchman leading their armada.
Everything you could want from the Pirates franchise is here. Johnny Depp is ridiculously entertaining and charismatic as Captain Jack Sparrow. Keira Knightly and Orlando Bloom look pretty and read their lines with moderate enthusiasm. The other colourful characters light up the screen and keep you laughing throughout.
But just like the previous two films, the third chapter of the Pirate saga builds on what has gone before and keeps winding up the tension until the final scenes.
That's what's really special about these movies. In Pirates of the Caribbean, we met a ghost ship crewed by skeletal pirates. Just as we thought that couldn't be beaten, we meet Davy Jones and his fish-faced crew in Dead Man's Chest. The final films just keeps raising the ante.
The ending is blissful, too. No happy, Disney slop feed here. The fates of Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann and Captain Jack might not be what you expect them to be, but they leave you immensely satisfied - content that this epic tale has been wrapped up so tightly.
In short - a masterful climax to the trilogy.
It certainly doesn't stand up on it's own merits - the plot is fiendishly complicated and the opening minutes are needlessly slow - but as the third part of the Pirates saga, At Worlds End does it's job beautifully and pushes all the right buttons.
But now this adventure's over... Where will we get our pirate fix?
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