Would make a good computer game **SPOILERS**

Rating: 4/10 (6 May 2001)

WARNING - SERIOUS SPOILERS AHEAD
If you're looking for (somewhat) fast-paced action, and (almost) incredible computer graphics, then The Mummy Returns is for you! If you're looking for things like dialogue, character development or story lines, this might not be your movie.
I mentioned that this might make a good video game, because half the time that's what I felt like I was watching, culminating with the CHEESY monster at the end. They couldn't even superimpose The Rock's real face somehow, they had to computer animate him, and the results are cartoonish and laughable. The other half of the time, I felt like I was watching a new stunt show at Universal Studios (not a bad idea, eh, Universal? Just make sure I get credit...).
I have to say, the character of Imotepp was much more interesting as a computer-generated, half-rotted mummy than he is later when gets his skin back. I had a problem with him mysteriously (and conveniently) losing his powers just before the big fight. What we had been waiting for the whole movie, a battle between two legendary warriors, turns out to be pretty lame.
I had other problems with the script, such as the strange scene where the kid (Alex) gets kidnapped off the bus. Alex goes to the back of the bus because his parents are kissing (again), and then... nothing. Nothing happens for a good two or three seconds. Alex just kind of stands there, looking around and then, finally someone grabs him. It looks like someone forgot their cue, and the poor kid had to improvise. Not to mention the writers' excuse to get Alex away from his parents, is because right after a deadly battle with the undead, they like to make out.
And why, oh why, did they even bother to tell us that Rick MIGHT be a Magi? Even when he realized it was true, what good did that do? That may have been the lamest plot point of all time.
Anyway, if you liked The Mummy, you may like this one. Something tells me that in the original Mummy series from the 30's, that Boris Karloff's sequels were probably just as dumb.