Pirates Of The Caribbean:Dead Man's Chest

Rating: Null/10 (13 July 2006)

It would seemed like of ludricious to eventually think that Disney would have made a sequel to one of the biggest hits of 2003...the monster hit "Pirates Of The Caribbean:Curse Of The Black Pearl". The first installment was a runaway hit and huge box office success giving Johnny Depp an Oscar nomination for his impressive work as Pirate Captain Jack Sparrow. Well,it's three years later and all of the original cast that were in the first installment are definely back again in the second installment of "Pirates Of The Caribbean:Dead Man's Chest". Again,director Gore Verbinski returns along with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and supporting cast Keira Knightley and, Orlando Bloom for another round of high adventure and breathtaking excitement. Unfortunably,in the wake of the first film's huge success,this is almost sinks deep into the abyss of film failure,but in all this one is most cartoonish than the original film from 2003 which was very difficult to achieve. The second installment of "Pirates Of The Caribbean:Dead Man's Chest",often feels like a live-action version of Road Runner-Wile E. Coyote extravaganza and on the other hand feels like a live-action version of Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd with a hint of Daffy Duck thrown in for grand measure. These moments are the funniest-liveiest parts here while the rest of the material is just bloated and as for the rest of the material it is brilliant in the special effects area along with some excellent scenes involving the bad guys-a creepy,crawly crew of half-humans,half-crustaceans,not to mention a showdown with a enormous multi-tentacled leviathan-a monstrous squid that really is sort of a tribute to the earlier Disney films,especially Richard Fleischer's 1954 version of Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea".
The first one was absolutely brilliant,but the sequel to this one is kind of a disappointment especially with some of the performances here. Johnny Depp's performance as Captain Jack Sparrow is watered down in parts but the rest of it is okay if not concern with some of the scarier scenes and cliffhanging action sequences which may confuse younger audiences. Be aware that the film has a rating of "PG-13". In the second movie,because of Jack's blood debt to the feared pirate Davey Jones,Elizabeth Swann(Keira Knightley),and Will Turner(Orlando Bloom)must join the quirky captain once more and defeat a series of supernatural villains who want Jack's soul. However,if Captain Jack finds the treasure chest to Davey Jones' locker,and if he can control Jones,then Sparrow can avoid being his eternal slave. If not,he'll will be doom to life in eternal damnation and servitude in the afterlife. Anyway,the characters travel to exotic islands,dirty pirate hangouts,and come face to face with other characters that are more frightening than those in the first movie. However,the performances are okay,but still letting Depp take control of the lead,the movie pays more attention to Knightley than in the first film,especially in the action sequences where she hold her own. As for Bloom and Depp the characters are more in focus are more entertaining here. The rest of it was spectacular,especially with the computer-generated action and astounding special effects. However,there is a chase scene that drags on endlessly and that was tiring at times. The movie is way too long. At over 150 minutes at length it gets boring with some of the material with some of it as no-stop action in between.
But in perspective,"Pirates Of The Caribbean:Dead Man's Chest",which by the way ends in a cliffhanger to set up for the next and final installment of the series,which hits theatres around Memorial Day of 2007. But still nothing can stop this film for becoming one of the biggest hits of the summer. And again,we can thank Johnny Depp for that.