TERRIBLE sequel and a TERRIBLE film period

Rating: 1/10 (6 May 2001)

The Mummy Returns looked really good before it came out. However I saw it last night and it is a waste of film. I LOVE The Mummy. Sure it might not have been entirely original but it was FUN and it never took itself seriously. Plus Jerry Goldsmith conducted a wonderful score.
With this film, it takes itself way too seriously, has a TERRIBLE score(Alan Silvestri sucks!), and it is a ripoff of the Indiana Jones Trilogy(whoever thinks Brendan Fraser-while a cool guy-is better than Indiana Jones is insane), The Matrix, and The Lost World. The little pygmy warriors serve absolutely no point in this dreck. They pluck people down and attack them EXACTLY like the Velociraptors did in The Lost World. Rick O'Connell fights Imhotep with some Matrix-ish moves and The Scorpion King( this guy is only in the film for less than five minutes!) throws enemies to the ground in the style of The Matrix.
The CGI is an embarassment. ILM has done GREAT work on so many other films, and they did a totally horrible job on this. When the giant scorpion with the Rock's head appeared at the end, I laughed myself silly at it's hokiness, as did many others in the packed theater. Either Stephen Sommers wanted to pay homage to Ray Harryhausen or he just wanted to do a rush job and that much is clear through the whole film. If he had another year(all sequels should at least have three years inbetween them) to work on this, he could have refined the CGI and plot so much more. Yes this is a popcorn movie and it was never intended to be Shakespeare but The Mummy had decent acting, great CGI, and a coherent plot. The Mummy Returns has none of these things.
I highly advise anyone who has not seen this film to not see it. It is a dissapointment and a waste of money.
The Mummy RULES
The Mummy Returns SUCKS