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Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest [Blu-ray] [2006]
from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgaard
directed by Gore Verbinski

Features:

• Anamorphic
• PAL

Editorial Review:

Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgaard

Take the first Pirates of the Caribbean film, add a dash of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and a lot more rum. Shake well and you'll have something resembling Dead Man's Chest, a bombastic sequel that's enjoyable as long as you don't think too hard about it. The film opens with the interrupted wedding of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), both of whom are arrested for aiding in the escape of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) in the first film. Their freedom can only be obtained by getting Captain Jack's compass, which is linked to a key that's linked to a chest belonging to Davy Jones, an undead pirate with a tentacle face and in possession of a lot of people's souls. If you're already confused, don't worry--plot is definitely not the strong suit of the franchise, as the film excels during its stunt pieces, which are impressively extravagant (in particular a three-way swordfight atop a mill wheel). It may help to know that Dead Man's Chest was filmed simultaneously with some of Pirates 3, so don't expect a complete resolution (think more The Empire Strikes Back) or the movie will feel a lot longer than it really is. Bloom shows a tad bit more brawn this time around, but he's still every bit as pretty as the tomboyish Knightley. (Seriously, sometimes you think they could swap roles.) Bill Nighy (Love, Actually) weighs in as Davy Jones and Stellan Skarsgård appears as Will's undead father. But the film still belongs wholly to Depp, who in a reprise of his Oscar-nominated role gets all the belly laughs with a single widened eyeliner-ed gaze. He still runs like a cartoon hen and slurs like Keith Richards--and he's still one of the most fascinating movie characters in recent history. --Ellen A. Kim

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Brilliant all the way
  If you are a fan of the Pirates series, this is a must-have. The movie is good fun, carried almost entirely on the shoulders of Johnny Depp, but the small amount of character development you see with Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Crook (the oh so eloquent pirate) is a welcome development.
  The picture quality is outstanding, and this one really shows why you should upgrade to HD at this point in time.

• Brilliance
  I'm writing this review purely because I think its shameful that this film currently has a 3 star rating because it doesn't work on some people's hardware..Surely you should be posting a negative comment on the hardware in questions area, and not the DVD as it isn't the discs fault..
  Agro aside, we'll get to the review:
  Visually, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 is the greatest blu-ray movie I have seen so far, and believe me I have seen plenty. From start to finish the film's clarity and depth are... more info

• Awesome!
  POTC: DMC Blu-Ray (and POTC1) are absolutely awesome. Disney have done a real good job in delivering full HD 1080p picture with 48kHz uncompressed 5.1 audio, with amazing results. Particularly impressive is the detail in Davy Jone's face and the part where Jack fires the gun to ignite the gunpowder on the Black Pearl. They have also included additional extras, along with the original extras from the DVD release (and Lost disc edition).
  To address the negative comments below.... This is not a fault with... more info

• becarfull only play on some blu rays
  I just wanted to let you know all that this film will not play on the samsung blu ray player, i know this because i brought it and will not play and samsung agreed that not all new films will play, they got a list which ones will play but they wont give the list out there number is 08702420303

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