An excellent sequel to a most wonderful adventure!

Rating: 8/10 (28 September 2003)

I loved the Mummy, and I love the Mummy Returns!
I adore the CGI-created Army of Annubis, the wonderful recreations of ancient Egypt and the various creative devices used in this movie.
What I did NOT adore/love was the horridly thrown together awful, Awful AWFUL CGI monster, the Scorpion King.
You know, an audience can TELL when the movie was nothing more than a 2-hour long advertisement for the video game! This wasn't, but it was oh so VERY close.
The Scorpion King's character was so badly done, it nearly ruined the whole movie for me...kind of like the "monster" at the end of "Dreamcatcher." This was HORRIBLE, and reminiscent of Atari's beginning video days, or claymation. Remember claymation?
*coughs* lame *coughs*
Now that I've said that, the story line was FUN, the characters were endearing, well presented and developed, and the direction was wonderful. I loved the cinematography quality of this production.
As sequels go, this one picks up a few years from the end of the first, and while we, the viewers have missed a lot, there is not so much that we feel left out or completely out of the loop.
Evie and Rick are now married and have an eight year old son. The Bamebridge Scholars are no longer turning Evie away, but are after her to work with them now, though she prefers the field.
In the field, they discover the Bracelet of Annubis, and their precocious child slips it on. MISTAKE!
I won't detail what happens after that. I LOVE this movie, the imagery scenes and sets. Absolutely wonderful production reminiscent of the Indiana Jones days. Everything was wonderful except for the horrible CGI treatment given to the Scorpion King. That really was awful!
It gets an 8.2/10 from...
the Fiend :.