The Pros and Cons of The Ultimate sequel to "The Mummy"

Rating: 10/10 (16 May 2001)

The Mummy Returns was an excellent movie. I thought that it was better than the sequel. There are several reasons why it was so great. The action scenes were superb. The special effects were totally awesome. There are many more reasons as well.
One thing that ticks me off is that everyone expects a `Ghandi' plot. I thought the storyline fit the movie. What we must remember is that this is NOT `Ghandi', this is an action movie. Did any of the Star Wars movies have good storylines? I THINK NOT! All the Star Wars series had was a unknowingly powerful man goes on a long adventure to save a princess and the world.
Another thing that I quite like is that the director used generally the same cast. One good thing was that Rick and Evelyn stayed together, and had a child. Usually sequels create a downfall relationship not shown in the movie so they may either get rid of some of the cast and / or restart the relationships.
The only thing that I did not like was the end scene with the Scorpion King. He was a giant scorpion with the head of Dwayne Johnson (The Rock). You could totally tell that his head was completely computer generated; it didn't seem to fit. The Scorpion King was not in the movie enough.
Another thing that ticks me off is that people only want to see what they want to see in the sequel. They come up-in their mind-what they want the sequel to be like. Then when it doesn't happen, they complain. This is just like `Star Wars Episode One'. The Writers are the story tellers, NOT YOU!!!