this movie really lacked

Rating: Null/10 (10 May 2001)

WARNING!!! Could contain what you may consider spoilers. Depends on how you look at it.
I liked the first one, and really didn't expect too much out of this one. I mean let's face it, Hollywood kills movies with sequels. Where to start on this one.
I will say this much, the action is good, but sometimes over done. Computer enhancing is often times used in movies today, I mean let's face it, almost all movies. But in this one it is so obvious some of the enhanced images.
Then you have the whole Rock, Dwayne Johnson role in the movie. The movie has been built up to appeal to wrestling fans, boasting of The Rock being in the movie. My being a wrestling fan played into my going to see this. But what does he really do in this movie? He's in the first scene and has one line, three words in the Egyptian language. Then he's sort of in the last scene, by sorta I mean his face is enhanced on the body of a scorpion.
And this tatoo thing with the main character, played by Brendan Fraser. All of the sudden, after a previous movie, Ardeth Bay (the protector from the first movie who helps Fraser) notices a tatoo by Fraser's wrist that means he's a magi and protector of the world. Fraser claims to have gotten the tatoo in an orphanage at a young age, so where was this tatoo in the first movie.
On top of this, no orginal actions scenes. They are all ripped off of many movies, such as Bond, and even the first Mummy movie. Not to mention the popular Hollywood trend of ripping of Matrix in fight scenes. Oh yeah, that reminds me, since when did Evie become so bad? In the first one the last thing she knows how to do is fight, and in this won you would think she was one Charlies Angel's.
In closing, I hated it. The only enjoyable aspect was the Alex, the son of Fraser. He made for some good laughs.