Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)

This second entry in the series is
good but not better than its predecessor. In this 2006 sequel to the comedic
action fantasy epic Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
everyone’s favorite pirate Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) wishes to find the hidden
chest of Davey Jones which inside contains the fiend’s heart with which one can
control the monstrous beast of the seven seas known only as the Kraken. Whereas
Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) seeks it to free he and Elizabeth (Keira Knightley)
from incarceration for helping Jack escaped in their previous venture with the
inept pirate. Along the way there’s multiple plot twists that lead to a much
unexpected ending which even had me going crazy.

Now this second film in a series of
epics is well done and like its predecessor it is a fun adventure ride that
everybody would most likely enjoy. But the thing in this movie is that the plot
is a bit difficult and I figure the director had a bit of a hard time trying to
put the pieces together in a balanced way, which is why the flick feels a bit
odd at times for its lack of good storytelling. Like its predecessor this
feature offers lots of great jokes, action scenes, special effects and visuals.
But the one thing I fell really in love with in this picture was with the
monsters. Now I am not a big fan of computer-generated imagery (CGI), but Davey
Jones’s crew looks awesome and highly original I might add. Never had I
imagined such very well visually detailed characters as the ones in the “Flying
Dutchman” (Davey Jones’s ship). Overall the movie is a fun ride, but I think
the way the plot is told should have been done in a more balanced way if it
weren’t for that this feature would be flawless.

Rating:
4 stars out of 5.