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Rating: 10/10 (21 July 2006)

I wasn't sure if I was going to like the movie. The short clips of weird mutated pirates in the trailer didn't really make it better; it made the movie seem like a bad remake of the first one, with the same or similar "cursed pirate" plot. After watching it, however, I couldn't've been more wrong.
Though the Davy Jones crew ARE cursed in a kind of way and though some people may think the writers couldn't come up with anything new, the ingenious creativity and witty dialogue of the first motion picture reproduced itself upon "Dead Man's Chest". Even with the change of composers, a fact that had bothered me because I thought the first movie's music helped mold it into what it is, the sequel managed to retain the same taste.
Johnny Depp did it again, and his mastery of the character of Jack Sparrow is awesome. I can't think of any other actor who could've mimicked the climactic moment when he calls Elizabeth "Pirate" after she tied him to the sinking ship.
That, plus the added treat of meeting old characters again and an ending that will leave you grinning from ear to ear and leaning forward on your seat, only makes for a 10 out of 10.
So, viewers, rejoice! Run to your nearest theather and watch Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.