If I could UN-see it I would

Rating: 1/10 (18 June 2001)

Rarely do I stumble upon movies that make me feel insulted merely to have seen them. The mummy returns could have been a great movie. The story behind it is decent, the special effects - I must give them that - were awesome. But when it comes to the script and the casting there's a few people in Hollywood that should be arrested. The movie is a perfect example of how a movie that could have been good turns bad through the greed of the movie companies. Children never had a place in movies. Very few have managed to incorporate children into the story line, but not one managed to let a child play a major part without the story be made to suffer. We saw it in Star Wars Episode 1, Jurassic Park and now in the mummy returns. In all these movies the story was made to suffer to make the movie more attractive for children, thus producing more money in ticket and merchandise sales. Now it would be one thing if in fact the movie was targeted for the younger audience (like Jurassic Park). Then I would have nothing bad to say about it. I'm 22 years of age, way too old to watch children's movies. But the movie isn't. With the amount of violence actually there, there's no way it could get around an age 13-rating. And I'll tell you what else, there's a ton of movies targeted for children out there that grownups CAN enjoy! I'm not going to go further into why the child part annoys me so much, I am sure you are all intelligent beings who know exactly what I'm talking about. The child actor in the movie is not the only part that destroyed the movie as a whole. The general theme of the lead actors being literally invulnerable (read: immortal) insults my intelligence as an audience member to the greatest. I'm not normally one that spots movie goofs, but in this one there were a hundred and more. You want to see what a good action movie with this theme should be like, rent Indiana Jones. Don't waste a dime on this movie that the movie companies should pay US for to see.