The Mummy: The Animated series......

Rating: 6/10 (5 July 2015)

Rick O'Connell is now married to Evelyn and has settled in London, where they are raising their 8-year-old son Alex.
When a chain of events finds the corpse of Imhotep resurrected in the British Museum, the mummy Imhotep walks the earth once more, determined to fulfil his quest for immortality.
But another force has also been set loose in the world... one born of the darkest rituals of ancient Egyptian mysticism, and even more powerful than Imhotep.
When these two forces clash, the fate of the world will hang in the balance, sending the O'Connells on a desperate race to save the world from unspeakable evil, and rescue their son before it is too late...
Well after the huge success of the remake, a sequel was inevitable, and as expected, it's more of the same stuff. If it ain't broke don't fix it......just copy the set pieces from the first movie and switch the locations.
And that's the film main problem, you have an irritating sense of déjà Vu whilst watching the movie. Fraser is still trying to be Harrison Ford, but alas,the script just leaves Rick a kind of sarcastic Jock who gets a bit sad toward the end.
If anything, the film belongs to Weisz. If you can stomach the incoherent script, and convoluted narrative, her story (even though it's amazing it never came about in the first movie) is interesting, her character actually does something different, whereas everybody else from the first movie is doing the same thing, only not as good.
The we have the inclusion of The Rock. His prologue sets the tone of the film up very well, and you can tell, even in his short role, he is going to be something of a screen presence.
The Scorpion King is a worthy villain in the franchise, but the biggest villain in the film is the woeful CGI. Back then it was poor, watching it now, it's as if Sommers just couldn't be bothered, because he knew it would make big bucks, and the final third of the film is ruined, thanks to the abomination of the CGI Scorpion King.
Because of this, there is no urgency, and the feel of adventure is gone, because you are too busy wincing at the poor effects.
So for a sequel, if you liked the first, you'll find something here, because all the makers have done have took all the good elements of the first movie, and relocating it.
Did I mention the abhorrent CGI....