"Imhotep! Imhotep!"

Rating: Null/10 (24 August 1999)

"The Mummy" is a type of action flick we haven't seen in a very long while: the rugged Indiana Jones-style movie. What we have here is a great film about macho treasure hunters and their fight for survival when they accidentally resurrect blood-crazed mummies led by the chief mummy, Imhotep. It's been quite a while since this part of the action genre has been showcased from Hollywood, and it's a great flick to rival all those unending cop or terrorist action movies!
Brendan Fraser makes a good jump into the role of action hero as Rick O'Connell, the legionnaire who likes to shoot two guns at the same time, a 'la John Woo! John Hanna is the comedy relief as the hapless sidekick who poses as a zombie to fool the bad guys, and Arnold Vosloo has a field day as the boss mummy Imhotep.
Sure, this movie is long on violence and short on plot, but it's a great film to watch in opposition to the regular action flick, so to speak. One thing's for sure, this is not the only movie where we're gonna see Brendan Fraser punch, kick, or shoot his way to the top of the best actor list.