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Rating: 4/10 (8 July 2006)

I will admit that this is certainly an entertaining movie, but the ending just leaves the film as a two and half hour suspense to massive cinematic blue balls. There is no resolution. No, it's not a cliffhanger, it's zero resolution. Nothing explained. I didn't find myself wanting to see the third, I found myself regretting that i paid money to see this in the theater when I could have waited, rented the movie with my friends or family, and only paid full ticket price for the third.
Beyond that, the only real gripe is a lack of any protagonist or, honestly, antagonist. All of the former lovable characters (even Jack was lovable, eh?) just backstab and betray each other every two seconds, and overall just come off as huge assholes. As for Davy Jones...he is quite possibly the lamest 'villain' in cinema history. I mean really, he can only go on land once a decade...but his crew? Of course they can. Pointless plot element anyone? All in all this movie felt like a poor attempt to stretch the franchise into three films when this could have easily had a resolved ending. Hell, look at the original...perfectly resolved ending with everyone living happily ever after, and people are still lining up the sequel. Could another completely original sequel do the same, or is this just some cheap Hollywood ploy to drag us back to the theaters.
Remember, Miss Cleo (or whatever that witch lady's name was) says that there's only one way to bring Jack Sparrow back...shell out another eight bucks, you stupid jackasses! Save your money, rent the damn thing.