Poor Mummy!

Rating: 1/10 (14 May 2001)

First, let me tell you that I did not hate "The mummy". It was light, fresh funny and action packed and it never tried to take itself too seriously. I cannot say the same of the sequel.
First of all, it lost its originality. Not only is it "inspired" by the first film, it plagiarize entire parts of it (the kids who destroys all the temple's pillars as his mother did with the library in the first installment, the huge face of Imothep in the water trying to swallow our heroes hot air balloon compared to the same face in the sandstorm trying to swallow the light airplane).
Then, there are those other movie influences: A final battle between the heroes and the arch-enemies while outside, good troops are fighting with an army so much more powerful (Did I hear someone say Star Wars?). Women fighting with various bladed weapons and running on walls (Why did I think of Crouching Tiger?) A perfectly swell gentleman turning to be the leader of a cult which our heroes spy from above(Have you seen Indianna Jones and the Temple of Doom?)
Otherwise, the story have been left out and it's just action scene over action scene with a couple of in jokes to lighten up the atmosphere and remind us of how "the mummy" was so much more better than this dumb sequel.

By the way, could anyone tell me how "The Rock" got his name in top billing when he only appears on screen for a couple of minutes.