Feels like Mummy Reruns

Rating: 5/10 (16 May 2001)

Greetings again from the darkness. Same old story for a sequel. Make it a little bigger and a little louder, and people will flock to the theatres ... especially if it is released at a very slow time for movies! Rachel Weisz gets much more physical in this one. This along with a "smart beyond his years" kid are two of the three changes from the original. Still no story line to follow. Just an incredible succession of special effects. The early scenes with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, gave a flicker of hope for a real story; however, his screen time was disappointingly brief. That is, except for the animated mess at the end. You will not be able to stop shaking your head at his return. Hopefully this was meant as a big joke by our "director". Arnold Vosloo is the only one to put forth any acting effort, but the weak script prevents us from seeing what he's made of. Unless you have a high dollar home theatre, this will be a flop on video. Won't someone please cast Brendan Fraser in a daytime soap, so that we may be spared his moviemaking for a few years?