Bad acting, bad effects, bad everything... avoid at all costs.

Rating: Null/10 (7 June 2001)

Though it is probably too late to say "avoid this movie at all costs" because a large portion of the American public have seen it already maybe i can signal to all the international readers here. AVOID THIS MOVIE AT ALL COSTS.
There are some small spoilers in here... so... ya know the drill.
The Mummy was a decent popcorn flick. I remember sitting down, delving into the box of popcorn but not into the plot or character of the movie. But the idiotic sequel "The Mummy Returns" which is passing itself off as an adventurous action movie couldn't be closer to it's predecessor. The original has interesting characters whereas this one has the same characters... just way less interesting. The original had a passable plot. This one has a plot that seems to of been created while the writer was forced to pick one on the spot while in the studio exec's office. The original had good effect. This one definitely does not.
The computer generated effects look like... well computer generated effects. Nothing in this movie looks real, or even movie-real. But I guess we can't expect anything spectacular from a movie where characters outrun waves (inside tiny tunnels that is), and yes, the even outrun the sunline. Remember in Deep Impact on the asteroid where the astonauts had to reach the ship in time or gas will come flying out of the holes on the surface. Well the scene in the mummy returns looks like that. Except in the desert, and a whole less believable)
The acting in this movie is below the original but fine for this kind of movie, seeing as how the script is so woefully bad.
The only things I liked about this movie was Patricia Valenquez's subtle performance, the fight scene between the actience Patricia and Rachel Weisz, and the occasional John Hannah one liner.
And speaking of the action. Could they of at least put 3 non action scene's in the entire movie.
Go see Moulin Rouge, the best movie i've seen in years. Better than this load of reloaded hogwash.
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