Promised greats things, delivered quite a few.

Rating: Null/10 (12 March 2002)

This movie promised great things, and delivered quite a few of them. From the beginning, the pace of the movie kept you enthralled- if a little exhausted, with the impressively shot fight scenes, the dazzling special effects (best viewed at the cinema for a more 'awe-inspiring' result), the great chemistry between the two leads (Rachel Weisz and Brendan Frasier as the 'O'Connells') and the perfomances of such scene stealers as Freddie Boath as the mischievous, accident-prone son of the O'Connell's, Patricia Velazquez as the reincarnation of Anak-su-namun, and the intense screen-presence of Arnold Vosloo as the infamous Imhotep. However, as a fan of the first movie, I found certain aspects of the plot a little hard to accept and if I may dare to say- far fetched, despite the fact that the movie admittedly and thankfully does not take itself seriously. This included, without giving too much away, the whole Evie and Rick reincarnation business *cue flesh-revealing flashbacks* Diehard fans of the first movie will find one particular aspect of the plot distressing, again without giving too much away, let me just say this: Wasn't Imhotep the man with whom Anak-su-namun possessed an eternal bond? The man for whom she was willing to sacrifice herself to be with in the first movie? The same man she shared half the first movie with in dealing with their everlasting devotion? I'll say no more.