Kicks The Summer Off With Style

Rating: 9/10 (9 May 2001)

As neither a lover nor hater to movies, but rather a neutral movie reviewer I feel I can give a fair and summarised review of The Mummy Returns.
First of all The Mummy Returns is no bad movie at all, in fact for a sequel it is rather good for this particular genre which has a track record for bad or below average sequels.
Writer / Director Stephen Sommers could have taken some things into account when making this movie, for example . in The Mummy, we observed a growing relationship between Rick and Evie which gave us a view of how deep their characters were portrayed on-screen.
The Mummy Returns however loses some of that depth and instead focuses more action based scripting and observation.
There is some depth though but for all those who have not yet seen the movie, I will not give anything away.
Graphically The Mummy Returns certainly delivers all the action you would expect Industrial Light & Magic to perform, proving that they are yet again the victors of special effects and digital animation.
One area that brings movies like this to life is the musical score and Alan Silvestri does a great job of entertaining us in more ways that one.
When I first heard that musical maestro Jerry Goldsmith was not going to score the movie, and instead Alan Silvestri was taking charge I felt somewhat displeased by the decision. However with movies such as The Abyss behind him, who was I to judge him unfairly?
If you listen closely you will hear elements of other past movies in his composure, which works perfectly fine with this type of movie and all-in-all proves as a great musical piece.
If you have seen The Mummy then I recommend this excellent sequel, however if you have not seen its predecessor then Sommers has done a very amicable job to ensure The Mummy Returns is as appealing to non-fans as it is to the hardcore fans of the 1999 original.
Possibly the most action orientated movie for the next few summer months and a worthy trip to the theatres plus your entry fee.
As with its predecessor The Mummy Returns does indeed kick off the summer movie season and with definite style too.
It is no Academy Award winner by any means, don't get me wrong there, but it is a top-class action adventure flick that we all can enjoy non-the-less.
The Mummy Returns: 7/10
The Mummy (1999): 7/10