The Mummy Returns... as a Dummy!

Rating: 1/10 (18 February 2002)

I loved the Mummy. What a rollicking good yarn. Back to the 1980s Indiana Jones tongue in cheek rah rah britain archaeological adventures. Lots of freaky bugs to eat you from the inside out. etc etc etc.
BUT
The Mummy Returns does not rollick. The yarn has unravelled. This movie makes you want to be sick from the inside out.
Don't get me wrong. The movie starts VERY PROMISINGLY!!! I read somewhere that the Rock was anxious people would think he was a crap actor. It might come as good news to him that he was the best actor in the whole darn thing! The little muffin head kid was woeful and very un-cute. Brendan Fraser was looking a little tired, as though he didn't really care.
All this I could have handled. That is, until the flying balloon ship.
HELLO???? CRAP ALERT!!!! This crappy balloon flies into some jungle thing with pygmies running around. Uh-Duh? What??? True. Pygmies.
This was one of those movies that started well, became mediocre, and then became very corny. I know, I know, what can I expect from a sequel. But I feel that the movie could have been very good... I want to know where I can get one of those balloon ships...