More Action than Previous Mummy Films

Rating: 7/10 (5 September 2018)

While serving in the French Foreign Legion, an American by the name of "Rick O'Connell" (Brendan Fraser) manages to survive a ferocious battle at the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Hamunaptra which had been lost under the sands of the desert for thousands of years. While there he discovers a box which contains a key of some sort. But rather than stay there and investigate any further he becomes extremely uneasy about the place and leaves the city as soon as possible. A few years later the key is stolen from him but as luck would have it the new owner, "Evelyn Carnahan" (Rachel Weisz) comes to him while he is in prison and asks him to lead her and a small party to this lost city. Since he is about to be hanged he readily agrees if she can convince the warden, "Gad Hassan" (Omid Djalili) to free him. Although she manages to do just that they soon find that they aren't the only ones looking to find Hamunaptra. Neither do they realize the evil presence that awaits them. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an entertaining film which was nominated for several awards, most notably in the categories of best sound and visual effects. Additionally, it was also nominated for a Saturn Award for "Best Fantasy Film". To that point, I should mention that--unlike most "Mummy films" produced previously--this particular movie contains quite a bit more action than the others which diminishes the overall horror aspect to a great degree. Even so, I found this to be an enjoyable movie and I have rated it accordingly. Above average.