American Werewolf in Egypt

Rating: Null/10 (8 May 1999)

We went to see "The Mummy" this evening. Without going into a review of the film, I will say that it was disappointing to say the least. Filled with special effects, there was more substance to the stale air in the tomb than there was to the poorly written script. The original, with Boris Karloff, while tarnished by its sometimes stilted dialogue, offered a far more believable plot and an Imhotep, who did not look like Darkman, but rather a mummified priest. True only to the original in name, Stephen Sommers' new film was nothing short of slapstick, thinly veiled in unlikely horror. The real horror was that I had to sit through it all. Rachel Weisz, the British actress who played Evelyn, is a striking beauty, who appears to be fairly much a newcomer to American films. I was hoping "The Mummy" would be filled with terror. Alas and alack.