Slow to start, then gets better. A bit confusing.

Rating: 8/10 (8 July 2006)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest does not really follow the first story that much. It has the same characters, but is not really a continuation. You could watch it without watching the first one.
In starts with Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Kiera Knightly)having their wedding interrupted by the small setback of them getting arrested. The charges: helping Jack Sparrow get away. They are sentenced to death. But the man in charge offers Will one chance. If he can get Jack Sparrow's compass for him, in exchange for a navy pardon, they can both go free.
Meanwhile, Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is being haunted by a slave of Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), Bootstrap Bill Turner (Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd), who we later learn is Will's father.
Through a series of events, (which I won't go into too much detail about) a four-way war starts for the possession of Davy Jones's chest. Of course every chest has it's key, and they also need that.
The plot is a bit confusing, with a lot of twists and turns. Very funny at a lot of parts, and well directed. All the acting was good, and the special effects were really good, from ships falling apart, to the tentacles of a kraken grabbing a ship.
It started out kind of slow, and I was going to give it a 7, but then it got much better. It's hard to say which is better, the first or the second, because they both had they're good parts. It ends with a huge cliffhanger that leaves you wanting more: Jack Sparrow dies, and they need to bring him back, with the help of none other then: Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) the evil ship's captain from the first movie, who supposedly died. I can't wait for the sequel! Go see this movie!