Disappointing slapstick-comedy.

Rating: Null/10 (12 July 1999)

The beginning is awesome - ancient Egypt, some 3000 years ago. The camera slowly swoops over the majestic pyramids, quietly observing the construction of the Sphinx and the swarming streets of this once mighty city. The atmosphere from the trailer seems to be there - for a minute or two. It wasn't long before I realized I'd been scammed.
The most idiotic thing a film maker can do, is trying to market his film as something other than it is. This film most definitely is NOT the scary horror-film I expected it to be after seeing the trailer - this is "Army of Darkness, Light", at best. The third entry in the "Evil Dead"-trilogy was never meant to be taken seriously, we all knew what to expect when we went into the theatre. "The Mummy" was marketed as a horror/suspense/adventure-flick - not the silly slapstick-comedy it turned out to be.
Brendan Frazer may have been just right as "George of the Jungle", but he seems awfully misplaced here. I can only imagine what Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg, or Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell could have done with a piece like this. Sadly we'll never know.
For all I care "The Mummy" could have stayed in his crypt, for after seeing this film I wished I had been in there with him.