Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

"Captain Jack is back!"

2006 2h 31m EN

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7.4

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 17,679🥫53%Rotten Tomatoes●53Metacritic★7.4IMDB · 825,206

AdventureFantasyAction

Synopsis

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Captain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. To escape eternal servitude aboard the Flying Dutchman, ever-crafty Jack must track down the still-beating heart of Jones. But he won’t do it alone: Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann are drawn back into another one of his perilous quests—assuming they can evade execution for aiding a pirate.

“Captain Jack is back!”

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Cast

Johnny Depp
Jack Sparrow
Orlando Bloom
Will Turner
Keira Knightley
Elizabeth Swann
Jack Davenport
Norrington
Bill Nighy
Davy Jones
Jonathan Pryce
Governor Weatherby Swann
Lee Arenberg
Pintel
Mackenzie Crook
Ragetti

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gore Verbinski
Writers: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, James Ward Byrkit
Languages: English, Turkish, Greek, Mandarin
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 151 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Budget of $200M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.

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3 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 5.3× over at the box office.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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5 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Turkish, Greek, Mandarin.

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6 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Pirates of the Caribbean Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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7 / 8

CAST

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378+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gore Verbinski, shot by Dariusz Wolski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gore Verbinski directs. Dariusz Wolski behind the camera. Hans Zimmer scores. Stephen E. Rivkin cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Turkish, Greek, Mandarin.

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1Clocks in at 151 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Budget of $200M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.
3Made its money back 5.3× over at the box office.
4Released 20 years ago.
5Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Turkish, Greek, Mandarin.
6Part of the "Pirates of the Caribbean Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
7378+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
8Directed by Gore Verbinski, shot by Dariusz Wolski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
9Original score by Hans Zimmer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
10Editor Stephen E. Rivkin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
11Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley carry the top of the cast.
12Marketing tagline: "Captain Jack is back!".
13IMDB entry: tt0383574 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1417,679 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
15Classified under 16 themes, including "witch", "daughter", "ship", "exotic island".

The technical file

Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski
Original score: Hans Zimmer
Editing: Stephen E. Rivkin
Production design: Rick Heinrichs
Costume design: Penny Rose
Makeup / hair: Ve Neill
VFX supervisor: John Knoll
Sound: Dee Selby
Stunt coordinator: George Marshall Ruge
Runtime: 151 min · 2h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $200,000,000
Box office: $1,066,179,747
Return: 533% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes: 53% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 53/100
IMDB rating: 7.4/10 · 825,206 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 45 wins & 54 nominations total

TV Krant Filmposter Award
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

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Part of

Pirates of the Caribbean Collection

A series of fantasy swashbuckler films based on Walt Disney's theme park ride of the same name. The films follow the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow and take place in a world ruled by the British Empire, the East India Trading Company and the Spanish Empire, with pirates representing freedom from the ruling powers.

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Andre Gonzales2023-07-26
★ 8/10
Part 2 introduces Davy Jones. Jack Sparrow has owed Davy a debt. Now Davy intends to make Jack make good on that debt. One way or another. Really awesome sequel.
CinemaSerf2023-09-02
★ 7/10
I usually think that a good spell of time between an original and a sequel is a good thing. It gives everyone space to refresh the ideas and develop the characterisations. That's pretty much what Gore Verbinsky has done with this superior follow-up to the 2003 story. This time, we don't really need to spend much time on the who's who bits, so can head straight to the action which for the next 2½ hours follows "Jack Sparrow" (Johnny Depp) double-dealing as only he can trying to stay one step ahead of the vengeful "Davy Jones" (Bill Nighy) with whom he made a deal that means it's now his turn to enter hell. Meantime, "Will" (Orlando Bloom) and "Elizabeth" (Keira Knightley) are having problems of their own, and when he has to try to kidnap "Jack" with his compass for the dastardly "Lord Beckett" (Tom Hollander) in return for her safety he, en route, becomes reunited with his rather curmudgeonly (and barnacled) father (Stellan Skarsgård). It seems that both "Will" and "Jack" cannot both get what they need - but can they find a solution? It's end-to-end stuff this, with loads of mythical creatures from the depths, a tiny bit of romance and a Johnny Depp very much at the top of his game. The story is solid and entertaining, as is much of the quickly paced dialogue and David Schofield turns in a good effort as the malevolent "Mercer". I could have done with Geoffrey Rush but otherwise this is a fun fantasy adventure with some cracking visual effects and Hans Zimmer's music adds richness to the jollity too. A big screen must, really. It's just not so good on the telly.
honeybee <32026-08-30
★ 9/10
In most aspects, this movie earns five stars. But the whole "Elizabeth loves Will, but the compass points to Jack/weird sexual tension with Jack" was kind of stupid. There's really no need for the leading lady to have a thing for BOTH leading men, especially since it never becomes anything bigger. Will seeing Elizabeth kiss Jack led to a rift in their relationship that could have been easily fixed with simple communication (and I am not a fan of the miscommunication trope). I'm also a little tired of films that show women only being able to get what they want through seduction. Elizabeth is a skilled swordsman; she could've tied Jack to the mast in literally any other way. But other than that, a great movie. "Davy Jones" by Hans Zimmer is A BOP!!! (4.5/5, originally reviewed 8/7/24)