Want Shakespeare? Rent Hamlet. Want a fun ride? See The Mummy!(warning:spoilers)

Rating: Null/10 (13 August 1999)

No, Shakespeare it ain't. High drama, deep message, even history, it ain't. What it is, is the most fun of the summer. Beautiful locations, eye pleasing sets (not to mention eye pleasing actors) well placed laugh lines, well done effects (from ILM who must have forgotten how they were supposed to be done when they did their own film) and a script that did not pretend to be anything that it wasn't.
Yes, the plot was thin and predictable. but then again, we have known this story for 67 years in film. What made it great was the fact that as a remake, it improved on the original, unlike some of it's brethren which simply made one groan.
The actors all looked as if they were truly enjoying the ride themselves (aside from Brendan Fraser nearly getting hung for real!) The cast was nicely selected and well suited to their roles. the pace was tons of fun as well.
Yes, LOTS of 'Aw come ON' moments. Personally, I would have taken the last three survivors to the local humane society and adopted every cat I could find! And one wonders how Seti I knew what the 10 plagues of Egypt were since they hadn't happened yet when he died (and weren't we missing one or two?) but this IS fantasy! Let go and have a fun ride!