Dull, Inane

Rating: 3/10 (9 March 2005)

This took the step that the original Mummy never quite did: it went right right off the edge and into the abyss of boredom. It very occasionally scrambled to pull itself out but never succeeded, in part because it barely tried. While the first Mummy film was mildly fresh and fun in its modern take on old campy stories like this, the second film just rehashes that idea with a slightly different plot that is much more stupid and ridiculous. It is now quite tired, dull, and downright inane, with really very little of value. It goes without saying that there is little or no character development and it relies on cheap, worn-out gags and thrills. I wouldn't even have bothered to watch it had someone not given me a copy to see and I certainly have no intention of watching it ever again.
I give it a 3 because it would have been a little (and I stress "a little") more fresh had it been the first one, was fairly well presented, and because there are many much worse films out there. I wanted to give it a 2, but just didn't feel quite right in doing so.