Nearly Ruined by CGI

Rating: 7/10 (5 May 2001)

The Mummy Returns captured my attention for months as I followed the trailers and news online regarding it's contents. I was very excited when I purchased the tickets ahead of time yesterday afternoon, and more excited when I saw that the shows had ALL sold out. It appeared people were as excited and curious as I was.
The Mummy Returns presents us with the return of our favorite characters, or not-so-favorite if you had questionable thoughts about the first. It is overdone on the CGI all throughout, and even a little child would be able to notice the created waterfall. C'mon guys... pixels are bad!
The fighting scenes were great, aside from the final which was again destroyed by the CGI. The characters were more developed, and we were able to see the magi more, as I would have liked in the first. The story keeps you going, and the movie never slows down; I didn't have to readjust in my seat once!
The actors do a very good job and bring that comicbook style Indiana Jones to the screen. Yes, I said Indiana Jones. It's not, okay! Don't go into this movie thinking it's a Spielberg production that's now a cult-classic trilogy.
After seeing this, I am anticipating the Scorpion King and will be there purchasing my tickets ahead of time for it. Do I think this movie will be the summer's biggest hit? Not too sure. There are some other great ones out there, but if you've been very depressed with the recent craptastic movies that have been released (Crocodile Dundee III) then I'd say you need to redeem your money's worth from that theatre and go see Mummy Returns.