"Do you fear death? Do you fear that dark abyss? All your deeds lay bare, all your sins punished?" (Davy Jones)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is an action filled sequel to the successful blockbuster Curse of the Black Pearl. In this movie Captain Jack Sparrow is reminded of his vow to captain Davy Jones' ship and of course he refused. To be able to get out of his debt Jack Sparrow needs to find 100 souls as payment. On the other hand we have the other two protagonists Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner. Both of them are held captive by the government on charges relating on their involvement in the escape of Captain Jack Sparrow. Will Turner is set on an adventure to reunite himself with Jack in order to free Elizabeth.

Please be aware that after this line there would be heaps of SPOILERS ahead and it is probably wise to not read through it when you haven't seen the movie ^^

So were the bad reviews about this movie really just? I think that it was not. I really think Gore Vebrinsky the director really did this movie justice. The movie was engulfed in darkness and open sea most of the times but this will not be a movie about pirates if it wasn't so. And also about the approximate viewing time it may be a bit too much for some but I can handle 2 and a half hours of Jack Sparrow just fine.

So what was so great about this movie? I LOVE IT! It is definitely witty and quirky and dark and there are a lot of emotions revolving this whole movie. Greed, trust, disloyalty, friendship. It is certainly different than the prequel which really revolves around the actions and blockbuster appeals. But this sequel is cleverly written and adequately plotted. You might get sidetracked a little by the amount of different plots from the movie but otherwise it has a lively finesse.

Should you watch it? YES

Complaints? A lot actually. The jokes and witty remarks may get a bit cliched but most of them are said by Jack and on fitting situations too. So I can let that go *smile*. Actually when I read the review most of them complains on how animated or cg-ed Bill Nighy was as Davy Jones and personally I don't know who he is or what he has done but I can assure you his work as Davy Jones is very well done. Also OMG Kiera Knightley kissed Johnny Depp argh lucky gal... hahaha but that probably comes at the end so don't matter. But then Will saw them kissing ~dang but then he can't be jealous coz Elizabeth just did it because Jack was really looking or went back because of the Black Pearl and then he was swallowed by Cracken (the effin huge giant octopus). I wanna see the sequel now. O yeah my couz complained that the movie ends very ambiguously and I must say it did but only because they will release the third instalment later on (not as long as this sequel) so it should be ok because they will do what they did to Matrix 2 and 3 where they release the third sequel almost as soon as the second one ends. And also people complained that the 2 and a half hours are a bit unbearable, but I am going to be honest and say that some parts are a bit unbearable but you just can't miss them because you might miss the important part of the plot (confusing isn't it?). O at the end (I didn't notice this until I actually checked again and SURPRISED BY IT!) Barbossa is going to be back! (Geoffrey Rush's character) If you don't remember him check him out he was the captain of the original Black Pearl (I think... I gotta rewatch the movie again it's been such a long time) and also I know this got no relation whatsoever but I thought I might just mention it for the Chinese movie fanatics etc. Chow Yun Fat (or however you wanna call him) is actually playing in the sequel as well! Ach alas how weird. I realised they need to find Captain Jack Sparrow once more...


Final verdict? 4 stars (out of five)

Yosh~! that's all from me.

--edit-- I don't particularly agree with an editorial written by smh but I think it's worth a look because I actually do agree on some parts such as where the first POC is better than this one. But either way take a look it did not influence me but it did point out some of the things that I dislike from the sequel that I wasn't able to describe well ---> [link]