Drivel

Rating: 1/10 (7 May 2001)

This mess is probably the worst sequel of any movie I have ever had the misfortune to view. Not that the original was anything to brag about, of course, with its complete disregard for the religion and culture of the Ancient Egyptians, but at least it had some semblance of plot and coherence though. This abomination has neither. It is all Hollywood hype and marketing at its worst, anything to make the buck. Of course, from a business point of view it is a wild success, just about the most profitable movie opening ever. No accounting for taste, what? All this despite the fact that the computer graphics look as though they were designed by a 3 year old (and a not very bright 3 year old at that) and the story written on the fly. The acting, what there is of it squeezed between the CGI "action" sequences which fills most of the movie, is abyssmal. The female lead looks about as Egyptian as a bowl of borscht. Nothing hangs together or is even remotely plausible. I would just hope that anyone who actually wastes their money on this dog (and I don't mean jackal) is fooled into believing that this travesty has any relation whatsoever to real Egyptian history.