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Rating: 5/10 (8 June 2007)

This was a mildly amusing attempt at a Prates of the Caribbean sequel.
The first film was a quite respectable film, however, i think a lot of that was due to it's unique nature.
Some of the unusually spontaneous techniques used in the first movie, were to heavily worked on in this film, and it's excessive scripting eliminated the element of originality, and natural flow of scenes. Especially Johnny Depp's acting, which was relatively improvised in the first film. The dialogue and script of Dead man's chest includes a lot of Depp's mannerisms primarily improvised in The curse of the black pearl.
It was also a slightly uncreative, and half arsed attempt at banging out another action flick. Some of the movie quality was lost as the franchise turned into an absolute Hollywood blockbuster.
Despite this, i think it actually was more exciting than the first. It was quite entertaining, as it was jam packed full of entertaining scenes. I especially interested by Davy Jones and the flying Dutchman, which saw a fun look at sea mythology.
Although it was the most over the top thing ever, if you accept it for what it is, it's quite entertaining. It's obviously make believe, and not intended to be taken completely serious.
So, i recommend this film, but don't expect a spectacular piece of film work, just enjoy t.