One of the few times I enjoyed the sequel just as much as the original.

Rating: 9/10 (31 January 2004)

If there is one thing that a sequel is always able to promise (in Hollywood at least), is more action and a more complex plot. I won't go into what it's about since if you're reading the comments then you must already have some idea as to the plot. To sum up the point of the story, there isn't really one. This movie was meant to reunite an excellent cast and to have fun. You can tell this from many of the parallels between the original and the 2nd. So, if you go into this movie with about the same amount of seriousness as the first, then you will have fun. As for the SFX, it is also about the same. Not meant to be completely realistic bordering on comic book style. The majority of it fit the style of the movie perfectly which is good, since if the SFX were any more realistic, then it would force you to look at the movie more seriously than you should. The exception to this was that the Scorpion King was a little less impressive than what he could have or should have been.
In terms of fun, it deserves a 9. In terms of SFX, it deserves a 7.5. So I gave it an 8, though I may change and give it a 9.