Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

There are a lot of franchises out there that made a ton of money, had a lot of fans, but yours truly never bothered to check out or finish watching. Thanks to the brand new streaming service from Disney, I am finally able to catch up on all of the films I missed in the Pirates Of The Caribbean series and for today we are checking out the second film in the series Dead Man's Chest. Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) are about to get married, but all of that is put aside when the two are arrested for treason because they helped Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) escape with the Black Pearl. To save them both, Will is tasked with having to bring back a compass that Sparrow possess. Meanwhile, Jack is in search of a chest that contains the key to finding freedom from the feared Davey Jones (Bill Nighy) or he will be enslaved for eternity. The film also stars Jack Davenport (Kingsman: The Secret Service) as Norrington, Jonathan Pryce (Tomorrow Never Dies) as Gov. Swann, Stellan Skarsgård (Thor) as Bootstrap Bill, Kevin McNally (Curse Of The Black Pearl) as Gibbs, Mackenzie Crook (The Office) as Ragetti, Lee Arenberg (Waterworld) as Pintel, Naomie Harris (Skyfall) as Tia Dalma, and the film was directed by Gore Verbinski (Rango).

I remember thinking that the first film in the series was incredible, but I have no idea why I never continued and then they kept releasing more films and I kept procrastinating. Once again the film featured incredible performances from Depp, Knightley, and Bloom with nice additions like the incredible Nighy who made an amazing Davey Jones. The acting is only one part of it because the special efffects were absolutely amazing in my opinion, but I wish we had a better view of the Kraken if I am being 100% honest because he is an epic beast. Nonetheless, they did great with the looks of Dave Jones and his men who were becoming part of the sea like the hammerhead guy or the crab guy which was cool too. The choreography in the film was great as well especially the sword fight scene which involved a giant wheel and a triple threat match for the key to the dead man's chest. I definitely like how the film ended because I think they knew that they had something so they left the ending the way they did to get you excited for the return of Barbosa and the quest to save Jack Sparrow as they will travel to World's End hence the title of the next film. If you only intend to make one film then you leave it with an ending that is satisfying, but if there is a sequel in mind then you leave us on a cliffhanger of sorts where we want more and this one did just that. So, I am going to go ahead and give this one an A- for a final grade.