Stupid.

Rating: 3/10 (8 June 2001)

That's exactly how I felt after walking out of The Mummy Returns. A huge fan of the first movie, buying not only the VHS when it came out, but also the Ultimate Edition DVD, I was counting the days til this movie came out. I could not have been more disappointed. A weak plot, weaker acting by quality actors, incredibly ludicrous special effects (See! Brendan Fraser outrunning sunlight! See! Computerized The Rock giving his trademark eyebrow to Fraser!). After watching the MTV Movie Awards last night, I enjoyed the Jimmy Fallon/Kirsten Dunst/Rob Schneider/Snoop Dogg(!) parody much more than the actual movie. It's a good thing I work at a theatre and can see movies for free, because I would have asked for my money (and IQ points) back. As it was, I was almost tempted to do so anyways. I would recommend this movie to anyone who doesn't like to think during movies, and needs to be visually entertained to enjoy a movie. Judging by the insane box office totals, there are certainly a lot of you.