B-Movie script + A-Movie FX = GREAT MOVIE!

Rating: 7/10 (7 May 1999)

"The Mummy" is great! Sommers took bits and pieces from all the classic monster movies (and some bits from more recent films,) mixed it in with a dash of Indiana Jones and turned out a movie that is just plain FUN. It's not a groundbreaking movie and it won't unseat "Citizen Kane," but it sure as heck unseats 90% of the monster movies Hollywood has ever turned out. It's been so long since Universal did something of this caliber that I wanted to cheer throughout the movie. Fraser was great as O'Connell, a hero that felt more like Han Solo than anything else, and really proved his diversity as a actor. Likewise, Rachel Weiz had an incredibly cute "bookish" quality about her that made her absolutely PERFECT. She's that small-town librarian that doesn't realize how desirable she is and, while her and Fraser's story runs very predictably, since this is basically a resurrection of the classic monster movie, you shouldn't have a problem with it. Go in, don't be afraid to laugh, don't be afraid to scream, just be prepared for a thrill ride that is well worth the price of admission.