A Good Movie, but lacks the strong storyline of the First Pirates

Rating: 7/10 (25 May 2007)

A lot of people have said the movie is good for obvious reasons, the typical humor of Pirates is there, the acting is fairly good, the action scenes are reason enough to watch this movie alone. However, others have criticized the movie for its jumbled nature, and lack of plot. Both accounts are right in their own regard.
The movie begins with the hanging of all pirates by the Eastern Trading Company. The British have called a state emergency declaring the right to assembly, a trial by jury, the right to habeas corpus etc (think the Bill of the Right) in attempts to rid the land of pirates quicker. As a result, the remaining pirates (and this is where the Pirates cast comes in) must come up with a survival strategy. Without ruining any details, the explanation of this strategy, the history, the legacy, is not explained in the movie very well, some parts are revealed as you go along, but after you watch the movie, you'll have lots of questions of "well, what was this for?"
In that same regard, the poor explanation of the plot doesn't destroy the movie, it only detracts from the movie depending on your taste. If you have liked the humor in previous Pirates movies, then you will love this one. Many of the people in the theater were laughing numerous times. Likewise, the movie succeeds in its usual fashion in keeping the viewer guessing who is on whose side. And of course Pirates has great action sequences.
I liked the movie because I never really watched Pirates for the plot. It was for the humor and action sequences. The first movie was great because the plot supported it. Make no mistake if Pirates I wasn't as great as it was, this movie wouldn't be rated as highly as it is. But the producers did well on expanding on the things that made Pirates I good. The only problem with this movie, is that this movie's magic doesn't sustain itself and depends on the first one.