In need of a good pair of scissors!

Rating: 3/10 (9 July 2006)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest should have been entitled "Pirates of the Caribbean: Reloaded" and then it could be followed by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Revolutions".
Homage should be paid to The Matrix for it sets the gold standard for this type of nonsense: original film is surprisingly well received by audience, film executives see nothing but dollar-signs, go insane and start throwing bucket loads of money at the creatively exhausted cast and crew in a vain attempt of generating more money by riding its back.
The result is a tin of half baked ideas, heavily packed with time-filler action scenes and insipid dialogue, which is then left completely unedited. Six hours of utter drivel is then hacked in half and presented as two separate films, when really there is only sufficient content for 40 minutes of additional footage on the original.
If this was a standalone film it should have been called "Pirates of the Caribbean: Redux"