A letdown from the first, but still pretty fun.

Rating: 6/10 (8 January 2008)

It's very rare that we see a sequel surpass it's original, and Dead Man's Chest is no exception. The original is fresh, inventive, utterly hilarious and one of the most entertaining films of all time. This go around is stale, tedious and blends between overly cheesy and simply odd. However for all of it's flaws, it remains a massively entertaining piece of Grade A blockbuster action. Johnny Depp provides another wildly outrageous and charismatically riveting performance, but the rest of the cast ranges from dry and repetitive, yet still insanely beautiful (Knightley) to some of the worst I've ever seen (Bloom, of course). The story is completely insignificant and wildly convoluted. Jack owes a debt to Davey Jones. Something about a beastie. Sexual tension between Jack and Elizabeth. Just ridiculous reasons to keep letting Johnny be eccentric and hilarious, to provide some perfectly amazing action that is among the most entertaining I've ever seen and, ultimately, to bring in more money. Despite all of the flaws and repetitiveness of the film, the beauty of watching Johnny Gone Wild and the massive quality of entertainment that the film contains makes it completely worthwhile in my eyes.