Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Director: Gore Verbinski, rated PG-13

Captain Jack is back.

Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Pryce, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Kevin McNally, David Bailie, Stellan Skarsgard, Tom Hollander, Naomie Harris, Martin Klebba, David Schofield

"Do you fear... death? Do you fear that dark abyss? All your deeds laid bare, all your sins punished?" - Davey Jones

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ - great

Why watch this? A pretty nice second helping of Jack Sparrow sea-gruel.

Plot Summary: Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner's wedding plans are disrupted when they are arrested for aiding Captain Jack Sparrow's escape. Lord Cutler Beckett offers them a deal: find Jack and retrieve his mysterious compass, or face execution. Jack, meanwhile, is being pursued by the legendary Davy Jones, to whom he owes a blood debt and a key to a mysterious "dead man's chest".

Dad's Preview: First, I am team-Jack-Sparrow. The quirky life that Johnny Depp gives this drunken, allegiance-shifting swashbuckler is second to none. A sequel was inevitable, and this film certainly gives us more of the original's charm. The addition of the tentacled Captain Davey Jones is CGI art, as are those sealife-hybrid crew members aboard his ship, the Flying Dutchman. It's also interesting how they tie in Will's father. This adventure gets off the rails during some of its action sequences. As with most sequels, it attempts to one-up its predecessor. Frankly, the scene with the giant water wheel is completely impossible and ridiculously unbelievable, eliciting the wrong kind of laughs. Still, there is a lot to like, and cheer on, as you sit back and chow down on your $25 bucket of popcorn.

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