A familiar adventure

Rating: 7/10 (5 October 2019)

This review contains spoilers.
The Mummy Returns is an action adventure movie that premiered in 2001. The movie is directed and written by Stephen Sommers. The movie stars Brendan Fraser, and Rachel Weisz in their reprised roles from the first movie The Mummy. The Mummy Returns is the sequel to 1999's The Mummy and takes place years after the first movie. An enemy known as the Scorpion King returns with a resurrected Imhotep.
The Mummy Returns is the definition of what a sequel should be. The movie contains elements of the first movie with the old villain of Imhotep. The movie introduces new elements that does not alienate fans of the original movie. It is overall a solid experience. If someone had liked the first movie they would enjoy watching The Mummy Returns. There are great scenes in this movie that are different than the first movie but they are the same thematically.
The Mummy Returns is an inoffensive sequel and this is not meant as a bad thing. The Mummy Returns is a sequel that does everything that it needs to to please the audience. This is a great movie in both its action scenes, its setup, and production. Although it is not a great movie, it is an incredibly entertaining movie. The movie lacks in its story overall and it feels like a rehash of the first movie. However, I felt that this merely continued the theme of the first movie in a fun way and the movie is still enjoyable.
I would recommend 'The Mummy Returns'.
Grade: B