Your Usual Good Sequel

Rating: 8/10 (28 May 2005)

The Mummy Returns is the sequel to the 1999 summer hit The Mummy. Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraiser) is not fighting rebels in Egypt or getting into fights with people in bars. Instead he is quietly living in England with his wife, Every (Rachel Wiesz) and son Alex. Meanwhile a thousand miles away in Egypt, the body of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) is being prepared to be sent to London by his loyal followers.
Rick has no idea what kind of adventure he is going to be involved in and how much emotional pain it will cause when Imhotep begins his quest to kill the Scorpion King and conquer the world. There are many high points and many low points to this film. The development of Evey's character in a whole is fantastic and the fight scenes involving Fraiser and Vosloo are well-filmed and well-crafted.
The story isn't as scary as the first and the film is a bit more flashy. Fraiser reaches for his gun one to many times in the film but you'll still have a good.
The Mummy Returns. Starring: Brendan Fraiser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, and Oded Fehr.
3 1/2 out of 5 Stars.