YMMV / Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom

• Complete Monster: Ian Mercer is the stoically sadistic right-hand man of Cutler Beckett, aiding his employer in a scheme of mass murder and slavery. A lover of torture who brags of his dozens of successful "interrogations" after a prisoner kills himself rather than face more of Mercer's brutality, Mercer tries to track down a variety of slaves for the express purpose of torturing them for information on their home island of Kerma. Mercer and Beckett intend to find Kerma, raid the island for its massive gold supply, and wipe out most of the populace before selling any survivors into their slave trade. When Jack Sparrow thwarts the invasion of Kerma, Mercer giddily takes part in Jack's branding as a pirate before destroying his cherished ship The Wicked Wench just to torment him.
• Cult Classic: Is considered one of the darkest novels Disney has ever published. Most of the fans who've read it love it, yet it's relatively unknown and it isn't considered canonical with the new movies. That hasn't stopped it from developing a small but loyal fanbase, particulary with those who approach the later films with Fanon Discontinuity.
• Fandom Rivalry: Fans of the novel tend to despise the fifth movie for containing a completely different take on the backstory of Jack Sparrow.

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