Definitely worth the ticket price!

Rating: 8/10 (4 May 2001)

Go see this movie.
I don't think you understood me. Go see this movie NOW!
While the first movie was, to put it nicely, less than stellar, the second incarnation more than adequately makes up for the failures incurred by its predecessor. The much-hyped appearance of The Rock (Dwayne Johnson to those who don't recognize him from the WWF) does not exactly dominate the movie as one would expect, but when his character, the Scorpion King, does lend a nice presence to the film. As this is his silver screen debut, I was expecting sub-par acting, only to find he actually did the job quite nicely. Brendan Fraser reprises his starring role, supported by Rachel Weisz, Oded Fehr, John Hannah and Arnold Vosloo, who were all in the first movie. More of the movie is dedicated to the underlying story from "The Mummy," which helps to somewhat improve the first movie in a post mortem kind of way. The special effects are greatly enhanced from the original, but there are also some completely new effects that lend the movie a great supernatural flair. All in all, this movie is, well, stellar.