FILM REVIEW – PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN – DEAD MAN’S CHEST. Disney.
For reviews of the 1st and 3rd films, see - Pirates of the Caribbean – The Curse Of The Black Pearl ***** Pirates of the Caribbean – At World’s End *****
Complicated cliff-hanger and startling surprise laden sequel to the fist film. Captain Jack Sparrow has fallen foul of the dreaded Davy Jones, (Bill Nigby), the squid-faced captain of the cursed Flying Dutchman, a man condemned to sail the seas for all eternity, who attacks other ships with a submersible pirate ship and a terrifying Kraken sea-monster. His crew are trapped in his service until a successor can be found to take their place.
Sparrow calls on the services of a mysterious voodoo lady, who advises him to capture the heart of Davy Jones, which the mariner keeps in a box so he cannot be shot through the heart and killed. Unfortunately, the British, who use their control of it to force Davy Jones to do their bidding, capture the heart.
Cursed with the Black Spot, which means Davy Jones will chase him to the ends of the Earth, Jack embroils former allies, Elizabeth Swain Keira Knightly) and Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) in his fate. Turner is captured by Jones and meets his father, Bootstrap Turner there, and vows to rescue him, no matter what it takes.
The first major surprise is Elizabeth’s behaviour when the Kraken attacks The Black Pearl. Knowing that it won’t stop until Jack is dead, she condemns him to be fed to it, and we see him and the Black Pearl fighting valiantly as the creature swallows them.
The final twist is even more startling, when the crew call on the voodoo lady to discuss how to save the now dead Jack from his Limbo in Davy Jones’s Locker – she has already raised someone from the dead to help them – Captain Barbossa, Jeffrey Rush, killed by Sparrow in the first film – the film ends here in the most startling cliff-hanger since The Empire Strikes Back.
Arthur Chappell
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