Captain Sparrow is still tied to a blood debt with Davy Jones; the captain of the flying Dutchman. Meanwhile eternal damnation awaits holders of the Dead mans Chest.
It's a pretty joyless ride, even with all the CGI wizardry a quarter of a billion bucks can buy.
Common Sense Media
January 01, 2011
An action-packed but too-long flick for kids 12+.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 08, 2006
It ought to sink from the weight of the cargo, but it's buoyed by another high-wire performance from Depp.
ColeSmithey.com
April 23, 2009
Overblown to the point of monotony, the second installment in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise is a prime example of too much money and not enough story.
In every other way -- as adventure yarn or as satire on that form or merely as an enjoyable entertainment featuring a wonderfully sly and subtle actor -- it is not merely a loser. It is a disaster.
[This sequel] takes what worked the first time and redoes it only bigger and louder - in the process losing all the charm that made the first film so much fun.