I was actually BORED!!!!

Rating: 5/10 (19 May 2001)

I loved the last Mummy film, I thought it had an edge on many other Special effects films today by still having a style reminiscent of older films. Much of the action and atmosphere were similar to Indiana Jones, and it was well scripted and acted.
But this sequel lost most of the best stuff, what a pile of tripe!
First and very importantly is the fact that the special effects are either the same design as the first film (or even stolen from other films....Velociraptors in the tall grass!!) or.....oooh the shame with such a large budget.....unbelievably poor!! It at times looked more like those really old movies where they just stuck a screen behind the actors that showed lots of scenery, I'm talking big thick black matte lines here!!
Also, admittedly I have a thing against children in films (most of them just can't act they simply imitate what they see older actors doing and therefore don't come across natural or like the children they portray), but here the kid always looks like he wants to start laughing. All he does is come out with all the wise cracks that would normally be given to Fraser's character, and so they are totally out of place and not as funny.
The Rock is hardly in it, the acting is mediocre at best, it drags on too much, like too many films it has inferior Matrix style fight sequences in (why oh why does every action film see a need to have martial arts that looks unrealistic and is too fast to look stylish because its just blurry images on the screen?), steals ideas and lines form other films in a way that doesn't do them justice to be a compliment.
It was just a big disappointment, there were hardly any laughs or screams in the full cinema theatre and everyone walked out as fast as possible.
I have only seen two worse films at the cinema, Street Fighter the Movie and Maybe Baby and both were really bad!!!