Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
**
Director: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, Jack Davenport
The original cast reunites in this terrible sequel which ditches humour and coherent storytelling in favour of overblown action scenes and in-your-face CGI. Captain Jack, a breath of fresh air in the original, has become a bore with his predictable mischief and constant eye-rolling. The baffling story, on the other hand, is merely an excuse to split up and reunite the cast, and set up the third part (At World's End). It's about an hour too long and it recaptures the good-spirited fun of the first film only when Captain Jack and co. flee the cannibals.
