Fun, fun, fun!

Rating: Null/10 (6 May 2000)

Dracula meets Raiders of the Lost Ark! I have absolutely no idea why The Mummy gets billed as a horror movie, because it isn't frightening for one second - but it isn't meant to be. The walking Egyptian dead idea might have been spine chilling to Karloff's original audiences, but it's plain hammy now. The Mummy guys have taken this revelation and run with it, ending up with a gloriously hammy and lively movie. Brendan Fraser is perfect, a handsome action man who delivers every line with his tongue firmly in his cheek, and Rachel Weisz is ditzy without being too dumb. Oh, and there's the always watchable John Hannah as an added treat, playing the brother who's the central source of comic relief, but who manages to come out as something of a hero himself. For anyone raised on Indiana Jones, this is a pure delight.