Baron Von Mummy-Hausen

Rating: Null/10 (7 May 2001)

There would be spoilers in this review if they weren't so predictable.
This movie started out promising enough - dark mystery of the Scorpion king - some not-too-terribly-recycled scarab beetle attacks, intriguing hallucinations. I was in. I was ready for a good movie - and the first half hour or so delivered. Some semi-enjoyable this is what would happen if this were a silly movie references entered... still moving in an acceptable direction. They jumped on a double decker bus - fairly cliche - I wondered when the top deck would get removed on a low bridge from the moment I saw it. Still pretty acceptably entertaining up to that point.
Then.... it happened... The movie became unimaginably bad. Every character - every scene borrowed from some other movie - and providing the transportation - some sort of balloon-equipped wooden ship from the pages of Baron Von Munchausen complete with the worst blue-screens effects I've seen in years. Top it off with the ultra-dissapointing reappearance of the 'scorpion king' as the 'oh no, we've run out of money, let's use claymation' special effect and you've got yourself one of the most disappointing movies ever.
Enjoy.