It was good, but...

Rating: 8/10 (11 May 1999)

The Mummy was a pretty good movie, but there were some problems with it. First and foremost, it should have been rated R. It could have been a much better movie had the creators tried to make it R instead of PG-13. The intro was good, but I think a little more info about Imhotep's past would have been nice. Also, what in the hell was Rick (the main guy) doing in the Middle East?
When I first heard about The Mummy, I heard that it WOULD be rated R, and that it would be a powerful epic, which is what I was hoping for. The final story was pretty good but could have used some work (well, the director was also the screenwriter).
This movie had great potential for being a not so typical horror movie that actually had a plot, but it tripped and fell at the end. The creators should have tried for a powerful, mind-blowing epic and not a run of the mill action/horror flick.