Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest (Widescreen Edition) | 
| Director: Gore Verbinski
Actors: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  801 reviews
Sales Rank: 601
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed), Spanish (Published)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 151 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 04098900
UPC: 786936292978
EAN: 0786936292978
ASIN: B000I0RQVI
Theatrical Release Date: July 7, 2006
Release Date: December 5, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Charming rogue pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is back for a grand, swashbuckling, nonstop joyride filled with devilish pirate humor, monstrous sea creatures, and breathtaking black magic. Now Jack's got a blood debt to pay -- he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghostly Ruler of the Ocean Depths . . . but ever-crafty Jack isn't about to go down without a fight. Along the way, dashing Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and the beautiful Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) get caught up in the thrilling whirlpool of misadventures stirred up in Jack's quest to avoid eternal damnation by seizing the fabled Dead Man's Chest!
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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 Skarsgard 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 More Pirates at Amazon.com 
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| Customer Reviews: Read 796 more reviews...
 BLU- RAY June 7, 2009
Steven Noren
NOT ALL MOVIES ARE PRODUCED EQUALLY AND EVEN ON BLU-RAY THEY WILL CUT CORNERS BUT THIS WAS DONE WELL
not as good as the first one... May 13, 2009
D. Montalvo (san diego,ca)
but well worth watching whats not to love johnny depp and orlando bloom do i say more not needed
Thrilling entertainment May 7, 2009
Walter-Joerg Langbein (Germany)
This is great and thrilling entertainment.... wonderful, fantastic, great acting, action, humor....can't expect this series to be continued! It's too bad.. but most movies are boring in comparison!
Walter
Land lover for sure April 2, 2009
Diane R. Kennedy (Louisville)
I gave my family such a hard time about viewing these films. I didn't want to rent them, I thought they would be a waste of time. I fell in love with the story and the humor and now I am a huge fan of the Pirates of the Carribean!
 Overdone With Overkill March 18, 2009
The JuRK (Our Vast, Cultural Desert)
The first PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN was fun but I think its huge success went to the filmmakers' heads because the excesses of the sequels definitely take a toll on the franchise.
More, more, more...of everything, except the fun. Long, convoluted action scenes, a jumbled mythology weighing everything down. Heavy helpings of CGI and stock plots. Excess ruined THE MATRIX trilogy and it also nearly sunk the Pirates.
There was a decent balance of the thin characters in the first movie but more of these people are definitely less. Does anyone really care about Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley's lovers? In the sequels, they both appear to be doing nothing but posing and defiantly jutting their jaws at the never-ending battles.
Yes, there's action and special effects and fighting and swordplay and cannons...but eventually it's just noise.
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