Except for the 90's, valley dialog, a wonderful ride

Rating: Null/10 (24 May 1999)

I thoroughly enjoyed the special effects, and 'suspense' that was clearly spelled out long before it was portrayed. One of my favorite scenes was when our heroes were fleeing down a stairwell while the ghouls scampered along the walls behind them.
The only part that distracted me from the nonstop action was the '90's, valley-girl' type dialog common to a lot of movies lately. While we're asked to believe that the characters were Americans/Europeans and Egyptians of the 1920's, they all spoke in the homogenized catch-phrase lingo of today's Hollywood (yeah right, you know?).
That's fine for Xena and Hercules on Saturday afternoon TV, but if the director had made this last detail a little more authentic, even cryptic, it would have been a lot less distracting to those of us who know how to read.
Other than that, The Mummy was as fun as a visual-thriller can be (as opposed to a psycho-thriller). I wasn't surprised by the plot or the ending, but I sure enjoyed the ride.