Will and Elizabeth (Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley) are about to marry when they suddenly find themselves facing the death penalty as well as getting mixed up again with Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp).

Expect sword fights, one-liners, betrayals, sea monsters, undead pirates and high spirits… but unfortunately, in terms of quality, this sequel looks more like The Mummy Returns than The Empire Strikes Back.

Depp is fun, the action entertaining in the way comic books are… but on the whole it’s way overlong and there are no real surprises.

2006-U.S. 151 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed by Gore Verbinski. Screenplay: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio. Cast: Johnny Depp (Jack Sparrow), Orlando Bloom (Will Turner), Keira Knightley (Elizabeth Swann), Stellan Skarsgård, Bill Nighy, Jack Davenport, Jonathan Pryce, Tom Hollander, Naomie Harris. Cameo: Geoffrey Rush. 

Trivia: Jim Broadbent and Christopher Walken were considered for Nighy’s role. Followed by Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007).

Oscar: Best Visual Effects. BAFTA: Best Visual Effects.