Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 4 out of 5

Rated: PG-13

Cast:
Johnny Depp Jack Sparrow, Orlando Bloom Will Turner, Keira Knightley Elizabeth Swann, Jack Davenport Norrington, Bill Nighy Davy Jones

Director: Gore Verbinski

I think I can sum this one up pretty easy: If you enjoyed the first one you will enjoy this newest installment. Same action and adventure. Same comic wit. Same fascinating supernatural villains. Same Jack Sparrow. In fact the only reason I wouldn't give this a 5 out of 5 is because it is mostly the same as the first. That's not a bad thing necessarily it's just when we saw the first Pirates we had never seen the mesmerizing Jack Sparrow before. We had never seen a ship of eternal undead pirates. It was all so new so different. So this time there was no way to recreate that same sense of uncharted territory. There are a couple of spots in the movie that are down right silly but, if you can sit tight long enough and suspend your disbelief long enough I think you'll enjoy the ride.

Warning! Spoiler!
A little bit of warning, if you think you are going to see a story that stands on its own and ends at the credits, think again. What you are actually watching is a 2 1/2 hour long set up for the third installment. That's right this movie ends with nothing resolved and now we must wait another year to see kids dressed up in pirate gear at the midnight showing to find out what happens next.