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

This movie has been getting both rave reviews and disgusted thumbs down, and it deserves neither. It's certainly not the treasure of a movie that the first one was, but neither is it the tragesty that some are claiming. While the first had a delightful charisma to it that set it apart from the typical action flick, this had very little of that. A few of the jokes were beaten into our heads (the rum bit was funny in the first movie, ridiculous in this) and there was so much action going on that the characters were reduced to mere stereotypes. HOWEVER. Fans of the action genre will still enjoy it. It's got its good moments. Its main difficulty is that it will continue to be compared to its brilliant predecessor. 3.5 stars.