The Best Summer Movie of '06

Rating: 7/10 (7 July 2006)

What other summer movies have tried and failed, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest succeeds. Maybe the plot is a bit convoluted and the characters not all that well developed, but for pure action and adventure, I promise you won't find a better swashbuckling adventure.
Johnny Depp, in his first ever sequel, plays Jack Sparrow as well as he did in the first movie. Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly are much improved from the last movie even though they at times may come off a little grating. The CGI on Davy Jones is quite good and the supporting cast in this movie does a great job supporting the main characters, despite how absurd the situations get.
Much like other second movies, this film tends to get darker and a lot less humor is incorpotated. What this film does have is some great action sequences, some good special effects, and a twist ending that will make you circle the date of when the third movie comes out.