Fun But Not As Good As The Original

Rating: 6/10 (10 February 2006)

The Mummy Returns picks up a few years after the last film left off, our hero and heroine are now married with a child but still exploring the realms of ancient Egypt. Thus an ancient evil is released yada yada etc. Basically what you need to know is this is more of the same un-complicated adventure from the 1st film, if you liked the first one then you'll get along just fine with this.
Rachel Weisz is stunning as ever playing Evie and Brendan Frasier does pretty well again with the all action hero Rick O Connell. I really enjoyed John Hannah's comedy sidekick in this movie who provided some funny scenes between the action packed sequences, also the Rock was well cast as the scorpion king. Where this film lacks over it's predecessor is in some very dodgy CGI and the addition of an irritating kid as a main character. Also as with all sequels it doesn't feel as fresh as the original. There are also a few cringe worthy scenes of father son bonding and some jokes that miss the mark by a mile.
7/10 - Good fun but feels padded out and not as fresh as the original.