Don't believe the critics!

Rating: 5/10 (7 July 2006)

Well, actually to be fair they were right about some things. This movie definitely could've done with losing quite some stuff towards the middle that dragged on a bit and sometimes the plot got a bit muddled up. Also there were a lot of times when the film makers recycled jokes from the first film just to try and get a few more laughs out of them. I wouldn't have minded so much if they had restrained themselves a bit but there's only so many times you can joke about rum before it gets old. And they definitely could've improved the ending: I'm fully aware that things will be explained in the third film but all the same the plot twist felt a bit forced.
However all that said the good aspects of this film more then outweigh the bad ones. For me the highlight of the film was definitely the Kracken: it was amazing! I'd go so far as to say it was the best movie monster I've ever seen! And the action scenes were especially well done (like the three way sword fight on the run-a-way water wheel). It was a film you could just lose yourself in and just purely enjoy (even if it did get a bit dark on times).
And even if you don't enjoy the story or the acting then you can just lose yourself in the wonderful sets and fantastic effects. All in all it was a pretty great film, not quite on the level of the first one admitadly but certainly a worthy (if flawed) sequel