Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

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Jawsome

The humour from the first film is knocked up a notch or three, making for two and a half hours of very amusing, but usually quite silly, action. That there's so much of it goes a long way towards explaining the surprisingly-satisfying cliffhanger ending: even superbly entertaining action gets a little tiresome after a while, so a break was something of a relief.

As with the first film, Jack Sparrow is the single greatest reason to watch; it's no mean achievement in a cast dominated by comic relief. On the other side of the coin, I was quite irritated by octopus-headed Davy Jones and his amazing changing accent; his gang of Street Sharks were, somehow, even worse.

But still: sublimely brain-dead entertainment!

- Sam - 2006-07-07 11:45:31