Jack is back

Rating: 8/10 (13 July 2006)

I always think a sequel is going to be a disappointment especially if you loved the first film, Shrek for example, so it was with some trepidation that I went along to see this film. I need not have worried, the story was as good as the first if not better, some real laugh out loud moments. The special effects were also very good, as was the make up, Bill Nighy actually looked like himself, which is quite something. Like Nighy's character Davy Jones the crew of the flying Dutchman are all turning into sea creatures, very very well done.
Acting wise, Tom Hollander is suitably nasty, the aforementioned Nighy is superb. Mackenzie Crook and Lee Arenberg reprise their double act and are on top form. Keira Knightley is fine, as is Jack Davenport. Once again though this film belongs to Johnny Depp, he is just fantastic I loved the way he ran away from the cannibals. The acting is tongue in cheek and it works because of that. So all in all a worthy follow up. It doesn't quite have the impact of the first film because you know how Jonny Depp is going to be as Jack Sparrow, but that is not a complaint because he's so funny.