A worthy sequel, but not as good as the first.

Rating: 8/10 (2 July 2001)

Set 10 years after the events of the first film, when Imhotep is resurrected and determined to fulfill his quest for immortality. But there's another dark force that's about to be set loose, with the name Scorpion King.
This was a very entertaining film, but I'm not sure if it's better than the first. It had a lot of cool battle scenes, excellent graphics, and a lot of other cool stuff, but there was something missing. I guess I was just bored with the fact that this film is really nothing new. Still enjoyable.
I was surprised with the amount of money this film made this weekend. I thought it would make a good 50 or so million, but 70 million? Damn, that's a lot. I never had to buy a latter ticket showing a film and had to wait in a longass line to see a movie before, so I was surprised that that's what I had to do when I went to see this film.
Starts off with the Rock playing the Scorpion King, leading his men to wadge war. Eventually he makes a pact with the god Anubis and all this other crap starts happening. Fast forward into the future and Brendan Fraser's character and his wife, Rachel Weisz, are checking out another tomb. The rest is easy to figure out.
It was interesting to see the Rock on the big screen, since I'm so used to seeing him on my little television screen talking and wrestling with a bunch of dumbasses. His acting wasn't as bad as I expected, but he didn't really do or say much anyway. Everytime I saw him in the movie I kept thinking, he's gonna do the eyebrow I know it. It was probably my imagination, but I think I did see him do a little hint of the "people's eyebrow" towards the end of the film. Bah, it was probably just my imagination.
I liked how they tied the events of the first film into this one. It worked out quite well, and the story was pretty good. What I didn't like was the fact that the whole film was so predictable. There wasn't anything new here. A few scenes reminded me of Indiana Jones, but that was a given. I still enjoyed watching it though.
I really liked the huge fight scenes that took place in the movie. Especially the final fight between the two female leads. They had quite a few of those. The effects were pretty good, except a few smaller scenes that I thought were rather funny because it was obviously computer generated.
There weren't any good scares in the film, but we have to remember that this isn't a horror film anyway, so they aren't going for scares. It had your basic humor and action as the first film did.
I would have given the movie a higher rating, but the film was just too predictable. Especially the end.