He should have stayed where he was.

Rating: 4/10 (14 October 2001)

I have mentioned before that 9 times out of 10,sequels to great films,such as "The Mummy", lead to disappointment and wasted money.I'm afraid this film is no exception.The performances were good,particularly Brendan Fraser,who is really coming into his own as a fine actor,so the problem is not there.This movie suffers from a very weak story line.It's as if they had to dig pretty deep for another story to tell.Another problem I have is with "The Rock", or Dwayne Johnson,whichever he prefers to be called.There was so much hype over his appearance in this film,that when you went to the theater,you expected him to play a major role.He was in it for a grand total of 3 minutes,if that long.If that's all we were going to see of him,he didn't deserve that much hype.All in all,it's called "The Mummy Returns",but if this is as good a sequel as they were going to do,he should have stayed where he was.