Filler

Rating: 7/10 (9 July 2006)

Captain Jack has returned and unfortunately there is not much to see. Pirates 2 is 40 minutes of story and nearly two hours of filler. While the first Pirates movie was wonderful, great story, fast pace, beautiful locations and awesome characters, Dead mans chest relies solely on the little nibble of the third film. It's an appetizer that is served cold, when it should have been pipping hot! There is only a few key scenes that advance the pirates story in any way, the rest is just a bunch of screen time shenanigans that aren't worthy of this tale. A film needs to be able to stand alone without its sequels, ala Indiana Jones and the temple of Doom, The Empire Strikes Back, and Police Academy 5. This installment is just a very long, and at times boring, trailer for Pirates 3.