Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) owes a debt to Davy Jones (Bill Nighy in an impressive Octopus mask). Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) is charged to be hanged, along with his beau, Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), their only hope of avoiding the charges is to find Jack and get a compass that he wears around his neck. Cartoon type mayhem ensues.

"If Johnny Depp can act that well when that drunk then just imagine how good he could act when sober! A triumph!"

"This movie is a complete disgrace. Is this what Walt Disney has been reduced to? A permanently drunk pirate slurring all of his words and only about one step away from falling flat on his ass?"

"The stunt with the pole through Sparrow's back /clothing is the best stunt of its type on the big screen ever, and that also includes all stunts ever to be done in the future too..."

"Johnny Depp gets pinged through the air in one of the most exciting stunts ever to be seen on the big screen. A triumph from start to mid-ping to finale, all sprawled on the grass almost skewered but not. It's such a shame that sequence lasts only about a minute. Get the DVD and watch it in slow motion pronto!"

"This is the first time I have never heard the crunch of a big toe being eaten by an A-List Hollywood celebrity before. A joyous romp."

Swann tricks Sparrow and chains him to the sinking ship. He escapes the chains, but the last we see of him he is fighting the monster and the ship sinks. Everyone else escapes.

They finally all agree (including Swann) to go back to find him... movie three in the series out soon...

Roast big toe sandwich. Roast big toe al fresco. Roast big toe wrap.

Mango, melon, papaya on skewer.

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Oh, Johnny Depp, blessed by the Gods of all living thespians. Captain Jack Sparrow, your Clouseau moment of sheer perfect comedyness. Not genius, that term is too over used especially in what is a populist piece of work, but superbity nonetheless. Could Jack Sparrow be the comedy creation of the 00's?

The stunt, where Sparrow almost makes it over a cliff with a skewer / pole through the back of his clothing is one of the all time comedy stunt masterpieces in cinema history. Absolutely a peach of a stunt and if it doesn't win an Oscar then we'd love to see the stunt that does win it. Even if the somersault bit over the cliff is done against a blue screen with the scenery put in afterwards (which it must have been), the bit where the pole breaks Sparrows fall down the narrow cliff looks real. Dangerous. Stunning. Took my breath away.

A bold move for Disney to have a permanently drunk lead character, and one who at times flaunts his drinking of rum too. But this is a very entertaining movie, a joyous romp from start to finish in the company of some old friends. Superb music too.

A slapstick pirate romp.