ultimately disappointing

Rating: 2/10 (7 November 2003)

I can't find it in my heart to tell any of my friends who are looking forward to this film NOT to go, and yet...the film didn't deliver. It was tedious in long stretches, the fight sequences made the battles between undead pirates and the poor Royal Navy in the Pirates of the Caribbean look snappy and fast...I really think that with the best will in the world, Reloaded (a misnomer) and Revolutions (also a misnomer) could have been combined with some judicious script editing. Oh don't get me wrong, terrific special effects, some good acting (in the face of a terrible script). But ultimately, like chips without salt, somehow dissatisfying.
It's one of those films, I think, to know how disappointing it is, you have to see it for yourself.