Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Dead Man's Chest is the second sequel of the Pirates of the Caribbean series and as before, stars Johnny Depp, in the role of Captain Jack Sparrow, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley. It is always difficult to follow up the success of the first sequel The Curse of the Black Pearl, and director Gore Verbinski had to put in a lot of effort to make the second sequel as good as the first one.

On the plus side the movie is visually stunning. The computer-generated images are very good and one will not spend the whole movie complaining about how fake everything looks. There are plenty of action sequences to keep you on your seat's adge the whole time.

On the other hand, the plot, which involves a search for a compass, a treasure chest and the key that will open it, is too complicated. Despite the action, one will find it hard to stay in the seat for over two and a half hours.

All in all it is fun, but this adventure movie is not nearly as good as the first.