Horror movie? well, not at all...

Rating: 7/10 (6 July 1999)

OOOOWWW.... this movie is cheesy, a huge rip off from 'Raiders of the lost ark'. But still a fun movie to watch for its FX under no assumptions that it is nothing more another popcorn flick.
Starts off in the ancient Egypt with exciting FX and visuals (the priestess -- whit-woo, aougah aougah, hubba hubba!) that explains that bad guy's problem. Then moves up to 1925 with a confusing war scene that started off without any reasonable reason. Up to this point the movie is still confusing. But afterwards, it goes on very well with a reasonable pace.
Brendan Fraser is doing a surprisingly good job as the Han Solo type of hero. The English chick played by Rachel Weisz is also surprisingly good at performing her character, without being a plain female side-kick that usually portrayed in this kind of movie. While the rest of the characters are a mixed bag of stereotypes. E.g. Trigger happy American, smelly but evil and cunning Arabs etc.
The FX are superb. There are some scenes that your eyes can't believe it's computer-generated (e.g. Fraser's fight with the priest mummies) but some of the time they are CG-noticeable. The FX helps creating the updated mummy character that is more than a slow walking pile of bandages.
Finally, don't expect this to be a horror movie as it is not frightening enough (as it could be more frightening), expect it to be an Indiana Jones with great influence of your typical mindless popcorn-blockbuster and you will have a 2 hour of pure fun. Why does the mummy done all this fuss just to resurrect his lover? Who cares, we want carnage and action and that's what we got!