Fun at first...then turns boring!

Rating: Null/10 (9 May 2001)

What a movie! I didn't especially like the first one all that well, but I thought what the heck, I'll give this one a chance. It's not that I didn't like the first one, it's just that it was only a mediocre movie. This is worse. After seeing this one, I'm sure not looking forward to "The Scorpion King" at all! I was hopeful during the first half hour of this movie because it wasn't that bad; I was actually kind of enjoying it. But, after a while I got really sick of the special effects and towards the end I was bored! Yes, I was BORED! This movie has WAY too many special effects. And they really aren't that impressive. Also, too many idiotic fight scenes! The sound of clanging metal drove my head crazy by the end of the movie. This movie wasn't extremely long, but it sure seemed like it! The plot (what little of it there was) got so ridiculous that towards the end I didn't care anymore, I just wanted to get it over with. Action is great when you stop and take a break from it every now and then, but when that's all a movie is, you just want to stop to breathe. Even James Bond takes a break for a drink every now and then (shaken, not stirred)! Also, WHAT was up with the Rock being in the movie less than 10 minutes?? He gets top-billing along with Fraser, yet he's hardly in the movie! They got me interested in his character at the beginning and that's all the screen time he got. (Well, he returned later on...kind of.) This movie also lacked any frightening scenes. The only thing frightening about this movie is the possibility that "The Scorpion King" may not be the last "Mummy" movie (especially since "MR" was record-breaking at the box office). And I will close with an excellent (and hilarious) point by Ebert: A man cannot outrun the sun (easily). If you don't know what I'm talking about, I urge you to see his review.