yes, silly fun

Rating: Null/10 (3 October 1999)

One reviewer picked the perfect title for his review, "silly fun", which summed this one up nicely. And another reviewer did a good job of picking apart the plot holes. The movie tries to expand on Indiana Jones' funny quips, to the extent that the script spends a ton of time on cracks and quips, reducing the story to silliness instead of the suspense that the Indy Jones movies had. The hero even expresses this observation, about halfway through, when for the umteenth time some noisy spirit swooshes out of an object they are opening, and he says with a smirk, "That happens a lot around here."
So for those who like their creature features serious, they'd be better off renting Russell Mulcahey's "Tale of the Mummy", where the cast does take it seriously, although there isn't as much action or effects.
But The Mummy is fine for good silly fun. -Bob