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Adventure, Fantasy, Action 151 min PG-13
Captain Jack is back!
Captain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. To escape eternal servitude aboard the Flying Dutchman, ever-crafty Jack must track down the still-beating heart of Jones. But he won’t do it alone: Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann are drawn back into another one of his perilous quests—assuming they can evade execution for aiding a pirate.
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Epic, unpretentious, relentless and resolved.
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I usually think that a good spell of time between an original and a sequel is a good thing. It gives everyone space to refresh the ideas and develop the characterisations. That's pretty much what Gore Verbinsky has done with this superior follow-up to the 2003 story. This time, we don't really need to spend much time on the who's who bits, so can head straight to the action which for the next 2½ hours follows "Jack Sparrow" (Johnny Depp) double-dealing as only he can trying to stay one step ahead of the vengeful "Davy Jones" (Bill Nighy) with whom he made a deal that means it's now his turn to enter hell. Meantime, "Will" (Orlando Bloom) and "Elizabeth" (Keira Knightley) are having problems of their own, and when he has to try to kidnap "Jack" with his compass for the dastardly "Lord Beckett" (Tom Hollander) in return for her safety he, en route, becomes reunited with his rather curmudgeonly (and barnacled) father (Stellan Skarsgård). It seems that both "Will" and "Jack" cannot both get what they need - but can they find a solution? It's end-to-end stuff this, with loads of mythical creatures from the depths, a tiny bit of romance and a Johnny Depp very much at the top of his game.
Read the whole review on TMDBIn most aspects, this movie earns five stars. But the whole "Elizabeth loves Will, but the compass points to Jack/weird sexual tension with Jack" was kind of stupid. There's really no need for the leading lady to have a thing for BOTH leading men, especially since it never becomes anything bigger. Will seeing Elizabeth kiss Jack led to a rift in their relationship that could have been easily fixed with simple communication (and I am not a fan of the miscommunication trope). I'm also a little tired of films that show women only being able to get what they want through seduction. Elizabeth is a skilled swordsman; she could've tied Jack to the mast in literally any other way. But other than that, a great movie. "Davy Jones" by Hans Zimmer is A BOP!!! > (4.5/5, originally reviewed 8/7/24)
Read the whole review on TMDBPart 2 introduces Davy Jones. Jack Sparrow has owed Davy a debt. Now Davy intends to make Jack make good on that debt. One way or another. Really awesome sequel.
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