pure fun: watch it, enjoy it, don't think, don't carp

Rating: 7/10 (30 October 2001)

better than the first Mummy. The plot is more interesting and it makes sense once you're willing to believe in ancient curses and armies rising up from the sands. We know the characters after the first film and so we care about them. The Izzy character was a nice addition and I liked Ardeth Bay's part here. I actually hated the first mummy but this was twice as cool. The action was simply much more imaginative and the effects were lovely. Who can forget the little nasty pygme's or the Anubis warriors? Those are really great new creatures. The Scorpion King, on the other hand, looked weird and cartoonish. I liked the references to the first film. Here we find out that in her previous life Evy was the pharaoh's daughter, Nefertiti.

The film is a lot of fun to watch and a big improvement over the first boring film. I would recommend renting this movie.