surprisingly awful

Rating: 1/10 (18 May 2002)

I was shocked at how bad this movie is. A significant proportion of the dialog was so awful and cheesy that I literally could not listen to it and was forced to put my hands over my ears. The direction was also very poor and unimaginative. The acting was wooden and far inferior to the performances of the original trilogy. The special effects looked like a video game and did not come close to the believability of the special effects of the original trilogy (I prefer models to CGI). The fight scenes were not as good as the Phantom Menace (who's fight scenes themselves weren't nearly as good as a decent kung-fu flick). I recommend this movie only to people who liked the mummy movies or have a significant emotional commitment to the Star Wars franchise.