GKhanMerlin

Action, Humor, a bit of Drama and Romance, loads of Betrayal, even a death or two, Priates 3 makes good use out of its 2 hour 48 minute time length though it seems they could have extended it more. The opening moves far to fast to make any immediate sense, and though it slowly comes together later for the most part you'll be a bit mystified. But if you ignore the few gaps in the plot, and just sit through Depp and Rush's wonderful banter the movie is nearly up there with the first one. They stick with the main cast, and while they introduced all the pirate lords of the sea they really became the pirates who didn't really do anything. Its not a bad thing, but it was a bit disappointed that they didn't get more air time. The rest of the main cast play out their characters as they have in last two movies, introducing nothing new to the scheme. If you liked the first two movies, there is no reason why you wouldn't like this one. So, Drink up me harties, Yo HO!

Everyone's worries that 4th stage was only going to be 13 episodes went by the wayside as they completely caught up with the manga in this last Stage (24 eps). My only gripe is that two of Keisuke's races are deleted. The rest of them are shown. So any that read the Initial D Manga won't see anything new here (unless you read that Tokyo Pop crap). The animation has become very stylish since the first and second stages, and the CGI for the racing scenes is on par with the Third Stage movie. Eurobeat music continues to be excellent during the races. There won't be any more Inital D until the manga pulls ahead again...(with 2 new stories every 2 months it'll be a while), so this is the last Stage for a good amount of time.