Compensating a bad movie with loads of action

Rating: 5/10 (7 August 2006)

Full of expectations I watched this movie. I had already seen the first in the cinema and I loved it. From the start on I knew this movie could not be as good as the previous. It looked a lot like the previous, only shorter and not as spectacular. And that problem stays the entire time. The entire movie is almost exactly the same as The Black Pearl, only the treasure is something different. But where the first film could keep your attention by a good and original story line and nice action scenes from time to time, Dead Mans Chest seems to have lost that. There are way too many action scenes and most last too long. The story is as predictable as what and the romance is so annoying. If you look at the storyline I think this should not have been a trilogy because part 2 and 3 (if 3 is going to be like this) could well have been 1 movie. What's left is a brainless action movie. Just like the Matrix Reloaded this movie just seems to ruin a great concept for the sake of money.