Ignore the negative reviews

Rating: 9/10 (15 July 2006)

The negative "professional" reviewers didn't like the first POC:TCoTBP, so, of course, they didn't like the second. But also take the positive reviews with a grain of salt (or sand). This movie is a little darker (and really deserves the PG-13 when Jack is given a necklace of human toes and fingers. Which he proceeds to gnaw on.) than the first. That isn't to say there aren't light hearted moments, it is just that when you are dealing with finding the still beating heart of Davey Jones, then the tone is a little dark. The movie starts out with poor Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) sitting in the rain, wondering where her groom is. Unfortunately, Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) has been arrested for assisting in the escape of an enemy of the crown, namely one Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp). When he is brought to her, she is also arrested for the same crime, with only one co-conspirator missing, Commadore Norrington (Jack Davenport). There is a new master of Port Royal in the person of Lord Cutler Becket (Tom Hollander) who wants Will to find Jack and "convince" him to turn over that broken compass. Little does Will know that the compass points the location of Davey Jones' "Dead Man's Chest" which contains the aforementioned heart. That, in a nutshell, is the driving force to the movie. Keira Knightley is still channeling Domino Harvey, in that she kicks some serious ass when fighting, either barehanded or with double swords. Johnny tones down the foppish act just slightly, and does a pretty good job seducing Elizabeth. Will is still Will, trustworthy, loyal, helpful, (and the rest of the Boy Scout Law). The rest of the cast is fantastic. Bill Knighy seems to like to play the same character. His voice is about all that you can recognize, but you will hear Viktor (his character in Underworld and Underworld:Evolution) in the way he talks. The two former undead pirates, Pintel (Lee Arenberg) and Ragetti (Mackenzie Crook) are back, and manage to get back on the Black Pearl, but don't give Jack too much trouble. Keeping in mind the PG-13, the whole family will enjoy this film.