Pity the bad guy

Rating: Null/10 (29 September 1999)

Well I admit to being keen to see this film. I even got tickets for release night, and in my mind I was not disappointed.
Although it is clichÃ©d, and a typical Indiana Jones type adventure film (good guys win, bad guys lose), it still amused myself and my sister.
The story line was simple and easy to follow. If you couldn't follow it, well, I would be worried. Brendan Fraser played a really good hero, in a worn-out kind of way. Rachel Wiesz was the typical spunky chick who runs around trying to be a cool but only to succeed in getting herself caught and be saved by the hero. Sound familiar?
Arnold Vosloo was definitely well picked to play a ticked off Mummy! Although extremely well preserved (geez, I wish I could die and come back with a body like his) he played a fantastic bad guy. BUT, I had to pity him. Man all he wants to do is bring back his dead girlfriend, sheesh, not much to ask?!
I won't even try to compare it to the old one, cos I ain't seen it.
All in all, it is an entertaining film. Amusing, cheesy, action packed, with a little corny humour.
The question now is, how do they make 'The Mummy 2'? We'll just have to wait and see.