The Mummy Returns and I'm Leaving.

Rating: 1/10 (8 June 2015)

The Mummy Returns (2001): Dir: Stephen Sommers / Cast: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Dwayne Johnson, Freddie Boath: Extensive advertising given to great production values and the promise of more glorified violence. It opens with the reign of the Scorpion King who conquered many armies until his defeat. Left for dead, he gives his soul for revenge. Jump ahead a few centuries and Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz now have an annoyingly idiotic son who causes the ritual release of the Scorpion King because he has been taking stupid lessons from the screenwriter. They research the tombs because TV has not been invented yet. The rest is all action and outrunning bullets and tidal waves. Director Stephen Sommers manages to creates a mess with unlimited help from the cast. Fraser is required to run and fight while making narrow escapes and witless remarks. Weisz is plainly just there to prove that her talent is best suited somewhere else. John Hannah plays her less than swift brother. Freddie Boath plays the stupidest character in the film as the kid who fails to use his brain for anything. Finally there is Dwayne Johnson as the Scorpion King who starts out Intriguing until he becomes reduced to another playground fight. The special effects are the norm but hardly a saving factor. Pointless garbage that should deserves to disappear where all crap goes...down a toilet. Score: 1 / 10