Not "Dead" in the water, the most fun I've had at the movies all year long, savvy?

Rating: 6/10 (9 July 2006)

***1/2 Johnny Deep, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, Jack Davenport, Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Crook. Directed by Gore Verbinski
The sequel to 2003's summer smash hit "Pirates: Curse of the Black Pearl" comes the new and near more entertaining summer blockbuster for 2006. I've gotten to see a lot of so-called "extravaganzas" like "Poseidon", "Da Vinci Code" and "Superman Returns" and I am pleased to say "Dead Man's Chest" does not disappoint in it's efforts. Instead each scene is well crafted by original director Verbinski (Showcasing some talent this time around in his directing) to make it by far the most entertaining movie I've seen all year.
Cunning Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp, savvy?) is being hunted down by the legendary "locker" owner Davy Jones (Nighy, respectfully) to repay his debt. While a Elizabeth (Knightley) and Will (Bloom) get prepared for there wedding until forced to find Jack and retrieve a valuable compass. Also joining the crew are the two ex- immortal Pirates from the Black Pearl (Arenberg and Crook). And Crook gets the laughs with his eye popping in and out at times
"Pirates" although with a run time of 2 hours and a handful of minutes does not bore with a tiresome story line. Instead 90 percent of the run time is filled with action both on land and water. Kudos to the special effects team who did a great job with Davy's water logged ship and adding those little sea shells you find on the rocks. A dazzling display of directing and an all out beautiful film with great CGI. Certainly on the years MUST LIST, I for one savvy