This one's great....

Rating: 7/10 (5 May 2001)

If you like the first, you will like the second. I kinda thought Benny from the first was missing, and that they did sic WAYYYY too much at us at once here and there-but still, better TOO much than Not enough.

This flick delivers.
SPOILERS BELOW(?!)-but if you saw the first, you basically know what to expect from the second.

There were a couple time/space/distance situations I did have a little problem with-How did Oded get outta the Oasis Valley and to his troops so fast? In time for the big final battle and etc? Sure guys. Beam me up? And the little 'follow the trail of sand castles' was a little too neat too. Guys-they both Found'em AND knew where to look and all that? Just why was Baldy going to all these places-Karnak, Memphis, etc? Oh well, at least it was a wide ranging flick....
That said-I had a BALL at this one-the shoot outs, the expansion of both the Mummy AND AnkSuNaMoon(Sp)'s characters-boys you can tell she is quite hispanic can't ya? He's dutch by the way-plus the whole Face tidal wave/rocket powered dirigible/Bus chase from Hell(Paging Ms. Bullock!) were all great.
Best parts-the two huge battles-those dog faced warriors were something else, the Pygmy demons(don't ask-they work)in the jungle, the Scorpionking, etc, very good. Weisz, Fahr and Fraser are all fine. The Rock doesn't do much but grimace but hey, that is what the guy is paid for.
Highly enjoyable, many great F/X, stunts, fights, etc. Comic booky premise, characters and etc don't detract from the fun if you go in with That in mind.
*** outta ****, kicks off da Summer season in fine fashion.