What a muddled mess

Rating: 3/10 (8 July 2006)

I really like the first Pirates; it was witty fun and wasn't over the top with anything (except Depp's Capt. Jack Sparrow, who was appropriately over the top).
This movie, however, everything is over the top, which creates a yawn-inducing movie. The special effects are over the top, the characters are caricatures (or cardboard cutouts) and the length is way over the top. The "plot" was simply an excuse to connect super-loud, super-grossout action sequences which would have been fine in smaller doses.
There's really no reason to see this mess.