Completely unbelievable and I enjoyed EVERY minute of it...

Rating: 10/10 (5 March 2002)

I wasn't disappointed after having seen The Mummy. Everybody was yahooing in their seats... which I think was the intention of the film... It had a great sense of humour, but then, Brendon Fraser always carries it off well.
It's the kind of film you would enjoy seeing again and again. Mindless rubbish it may be but we all need a break from reality now and again. The sets, the costumes, the heroes and antiheroes were all larger than life and literally filled the entire cinema from the big screen. Brendon was your classical 'sensitive on the inside, I adore my wife, rough round the edges slightly intellectual' hero... basically an oversized little adventurous boy in love... and the people loved him for it. But, didn't we also sympathise with the mummy in the end also?... Terrific twist... we didn't expect to show any positive emotions for that nasty number and the Scorpion King whose megalomanias made them hell bent on conquering everything and everyone... I loved the fact that we had 2 villains determined to turn each other to dust before having to deal with our 'cowboy', Rick. But the real villain was the woman of the Mummy's veeeery long life... Rick's wife showed us one of the positive sides of a woman whereas the other one showed us what absolute bi...... women can be... {I'm a woman and what I said is God's honest truth}. We were cheering in our seats when she finally got what was inevitably coming to her.
Take a break from the everyday rat race, give your brain a rest and see this film on video or DVD if you haven't already seen it. It delivered everything it promised...