The Johnny Depp show?!............

Rating: Null/10 (14 August 2006)

The Curse of the Black Pearl was a good film to watch it was funny, witty, spectacular and well paced entertainment, basically it had everything it needed to have to be a MASSIVE success.
Dead Man's Chest really does do much of the same to be honest. Did they need to make a sequel though?!...Probably not buts its all about the $$$$$$$. The first movie did amazing numbers at the Box Office and DMC seems to be doing much of the same and BETTER.
The problem with Dead Man's Chest compared to its predecessor is that its not a lot different and if anything its a wee bit inferior. Its become a little self indulgent in regards to Johnny Depp's character and has just become the CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW SHOW.
The other characters in the movie do not develop any further from the first. The Villain is played wonderfully by Bill Nighly but is no match to Geoffrey Rush's Captain Barbossa in Black Pearl, The plots not as quirky and is possibly a little complicated for the target audience. The CGI is spectacular but over-used and the running time is TOO LONG by about 30 minutes.
Overall its a good effort for a sequel and I hope that the 3rd in the trilogy will continue this trend, but we will wait in see.
6/10, Entertaining and enjoyable but a bit too long and inferior to the wonderful gem which is the first movie, Pirate's of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.