"Do you think he plans it out, or does he just make it up as he goes along?"

Rating: 7/10 (23 July 2007)

PLOT: Picking up where "Dead Man's Chest" left off, the resurrected Barbosa allies with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann and the other various pirates as well as Tia Dalma in order to rescue the deceased Jack Sparrow from the locker of Davy Jones, while Jones' heart has fallen into the clutches of the diabolical Lord Cutler Beckett. With Jack back in action, and drunk as ever, the 9 Pirate Lords must come together to fight Beckett, Jones and get back on good terms with the goddess Calypso, but who is Calypso, and what is her connection to Davy Jones? Can Will rescue his dad Bootstrap Bill from Davy Jones and consummate his relationship with Elizabeth? Will Jack lose the Black Pearl to Barbosa yet again? All this and more await you!
"Curse of the Black Pearl" is still the best of these films, but this is still a more entertaining venture than "Dead Man's Chest", an able adventure marred by over-length and too many subplots and an attempt to "epic" that went against the series' winking at the audience style sense of humor. Eye popping visuals & violence abound with the relaxed cast having a grand old time, especially Geoffrey Rush as Barbosa.