It has the same characters as POTC: COTBP but don't be fooled it's not the same type of movie.

Rating: 3/10 (5 September 2006)

I was excited about this movie, because I really enjoyed the adventure packed first part of this soon to be trilogy. I loved the portrayal Johnny Depp made of his now legendary character Captain Jack Sparrow, and I love the fact that the movie didn't take itself to seriously. It was a very good popcorn flick with not to many over complicated twists and gave room for very much entertainment.
But even POTC can't flee from the most terrible curse of them all, I'm talking about the curse of the bad sequel. A curse that has struck many movies and destroyed many franchises. Unfortunately in these days we live in people want money and press out every penny on anything that can make them a quick buck, I think "Dead Mans Chest" is a perfect example of that. They made a sequel (technically two) over the course of 3 years.
Well the troubles of DMC begin right at the start as I and my friends thought that we had entered the wrong movie when it began, it was so dark and so melodramatic from the start. The first 5 or so minutes you just might believe that this movie is a horror movie set in the 18th - 19th century. Nothing of the light hearted first movie is to be seen the climate of the movie is set right from the start but not as a adventure comedy type of movie, but a dead serious pirate movie.
Well then is the entrance of Captain Jack Sparrow that is actually a worthy tie to the one in "POTC: Curse of the Black Pearl" only a bit more morbid. I'm not saying this movie doesn't have comedic moments, but there are a lot fewer then in the first and a lot more serious at that. So much so that I never really laughed out loud but smirked at the funny moments in the movie, cause they felt misplaced, this movie had no real comedic feel to it.
I won't tell you the story cause you've probably already read it but what I will say is that you can just as well skip this movie and wait for the 3rd part of the installment cause what this really was, was a 2 and a half hour long trailer cause it ends worse then "Matrix Reloaded" and I am not joking, I felt cheated and aggravated. You do not get a whole story for your money, there is no end to "Dead Man's Chest".
You can actually feel how Jerry Bruckheimer wanted a ending (or forced it upon the writers) like this to guarantee that people would want to go see the third part of the installment. I'm sorry to say that Hollywood endings have changed a lot through out the years their not happy endings now, their just not concluded.
This movie is dark, it's not something I would let small children see (unlike the first one), it's beautifully shot, has top notch cgi and amazing sets but that's just not enough, without a good story none of that matters.