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Rating: 7/10 (17 May 2001)

you waited it, it now arrived the entertainment of the summer (and the year). But which says entertainment does not say necessarily intelligent.
Writer and director, Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, Deep Rising) reiterate his bet, that of concocter a diverting film, a giant blockbuster, a cinematographic carcass made up immenses blocks... with much money (95 million dollars spent well in the circumstances).
In fact, one associates (always) movie of year with pure american entertainment; Could The Mummy Returns does not dislodge with the rule, how it? One often says that blockbuster has the resources which do one of them, but this one wants to be the cream of the cream.
Characters attaching, coloured and alive, slight amount of romantic, mirobolants effects and three-dimensional, well introduced humour, history folded back with simplest without possible confusion (interesting and comprehensible, this is not what I seek this kind of production?); ambiance total appears dynamic, thorough, energetic and visually splendid and spectacular.
All the estival ingredients pullulate in this Hollywood production (turned mainly to Africa and England) for our greater pleasure. If he's necessary to have waiting, that's to be diverted well of the whole beginning to the any end, nothing else. If you move for other thing, you knocked with bad... fall. No ounce of reflexion, therefore impossible to split hairs; no chance to win oscar, therefore it will not pass to history and its later range will not be deep. Can one be upset with him with the scenario writer not to have thought of including a certain psychological level? Never, that's an entertainment. The only reason so that we remember it in the years to come will be the seal collected with the box office (68, 1 million dollars during a weekend. WOW! ).
Mainly, which is worth the turning, it is that the film makes us pass one excellent moment - on this subject, I will lie down month tightened this evening. Except for exception (Terminator II), rare are the films which enjoy a sequel to offer the package to us whose container dazzles us, does not leave us indifferent, wants to be higher than its baby; a sequel which does not leave us perplexed.
In what milked with story just as it is, it is necessary to remember the first episode, but that of the second does not want to be complicated. I would say that it is is higher than this type of production. Does the scenario writer take necessary time to analyse, to explain and then to show us the continuation of the events... special effects. The narrative frame thus is well wrapped by the orgy of the visual effects, and the characters who make it up, installation to attract crowd.
At all events, the only thing of which you must remember is it is about an ENTERTAINMENT, a big BLOCKBUSTER (as they are liked), nothing else. Remember this. If the first were compared with new Indiana Jones (not for me in any case), the second appears out of this category. If the producers want to copy this famous archaeologist, they must go to be repaired; they are beside the " track " and have not completely to find the whip corresponding - I prefer to await the fourth of the series Indiana Jones. The return of the mummy is an action movie which is caught for an adventure movie. There is the great negative point. history told definitely lower and is thought than his false friend; it is less true, less historical, less serious, less dramatic and less adventurous in more than the contribution humorous less and not very subtle (but it is very effective...). And is it not there that you say that one is a movie adventure and the other is an action movie, disguised that one to me? I love you, one thus returns to the starting point, sensational...
What disappoints in the movie prove the end (the interior final scene frontwith Mr WWF disguised in scorpion for the needs for film... ridiculous but obvious). we almost don't believe. The effects are atrocious, null and incredible (undoubtedly only the most negative pushing back).

Then with you to judge if you will then move (after having seen this of course film, because you must see it entertainment to perfect your psychology) for the third opus of the Mummy which will be entitled - with less that it changed - THE SCORPION KING (currently in turning) with The Rock itself and Michael Clarke Duncan (the giant of THE GREEN LINE) planned initially for fall 2001, but without the original actors...

PASS A good movie...