A fun, fast-paced film that never takes itself too seriously

Rating: 8/10 (18 October 2006)

The Mummy returns, the sequel to the 1999 hit, surpasses its predecessor and is one of the best adventure movies of recent memory. The story involves a complicated set-up involving pro-wrestler The Rock, as the scorpion king, and the whole "forbidden items which have curses" of always.
The film starts out with an exciting battle sequence. We are then transported into 1932, where Evee and her husband have a mischievous little son, Alex. Nearly all characters (including Imhotep, of course) return this time around. After a fast temple-flooding sequence, we are thwarted between set pieces, which include a rampage in a double-decker bus through the streets of London, a house, museum and jungle fight, pygmy mummies, a giant mummy faced tidal wave and an exotic saber (which are actually Chinese) cat fight. The dialog is nothing deep, and the film makes fun of itself throughout. Although the effects are amazing, they are very digital, excessive and feel artificial. But the final conflict is breathtaking, as is the whole film.