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Rating: 6/10 (15 May 2001)

When i watch this at the cinema with some friends, almost all of them thought that the original mummy was much better. To tell you the truth, i was not a big fan of the first mummy movie. I thought the the "mummy" (the main bad guy) was rather weak and not scary at all, as he was supposed to be.
In the mummy returns, the "mummy" was still just as weak but i thought he was more acceptable here since he had a human side to him now, he had a love relationship with the snake woman, which was somehow connected to Evelyn, the main female character, (there is some attempts at a story). Also, he was vulnerable at the end which made him gave him more human qualities.
As you can tell from my comments, i have no idea what most of the character's names are, character not greatly emphasized in the movie. In fact, the most interesting character in this movie was the "mummy" himself. It was also better than the first installment since it had a nice intro explaining how the scorpion king came about to getting his powers.
One part of the movie i have to congratulate them on (no matter how out of place it was) is the balloon scene at night, it looked really cosy with the stars in the background and kerosene lamps hanging around. There were also many gripping scenes in the movie, many "close encounters", which were similar to the "t-rex chasing car" scene from jurassic park. Sure, the plot was a little hard to follow (what plot?), but the fast paced action and CG kept me on the edge of my seat. Also, has stephen sommers even seen indiana jones and the last crusade?? the guy at the end is not supposed to get the diamond, hes supposed to drop it or something cos its too heavy. nb, i can tell it was fake from the back row.
Overall, the movie could of had some nice character development with an interesting plot, and a FEW memorable suspense/action sequences... but full on action is fine too i guess. Its worth watching on the big screen, since i don't think it'll be worth it on the small.
( 3 / 5 )