an entertaining mess

Rating: 7/10 (29 July 2006)

This movie, while being fun, had no real plot. It runs about half an hour too long, and my impression at the end was that I was owed not just one cliffhanger ending, but five. Gore Verbinski, Disney, and Jerry Bruckheimer all owe me five endings. Not like 'things are done, but this is what happened next,' actual endings. The movie simply stops at what is apparently the middle of the story. Don't get me wrong, it's a fun film to see. Johnny Depp is amazing, as always, as he saunters around half-drunk, half-homosexual. Kiera Knightly also puts in an impressive performance, having much more to do in this film than in the first, where she mostly just looked scared or pouty. In the end however, it's just not as smart and fresh as the original was.