Product: The Mummy Returns [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 2.0
GREAT flick, but wait for the Ultimate Edition
The Mummy movies are Indiana Jones Lite. Not all the calories and half the fat of an Indian Jones; perfect for when you're in the mood for something funny, adventurous, and likable, but not for anything you'd take too seriously. Lets face it, you just can't make "Last Crusade" or "Raiders of the Lost Arc" movies all the time. Then The Mummy and its sequal, the Mummy Returns was released. Both are great for those days when you just want junk food in an adventure-comedy. And both films deliver very well.The MUMMY RETURNS has more great one-liners from the hysterical and under-rated missing-link actor Fraser; a new, though waxxy looking, villian played by the wrestler the Rock, I'm told; and, to make it even better, Rachel Weisz's character has found the kick-butt knife fighting side of herself, which makes for not only a great character addition, but also some great ending scenes. Plus, viewers will be glad to see SLIDING DOOR's lead actor with more film time in the MUMMY RETURNS as the hysterical brother of Weisz's character, who shone so brightly in the first, and does an even better job in MUMMY RETURNS.For ultimate enjoyment, do not take them seriously, but enjoy them for what they are, which are very fun movies. For an even more Ultimate enjoyment, wait and buy the ULTIMATE edition of the MUMMY RETURNS, ...which will most likely be released in a few weeks. It will probably hold all the gongs and whistles of this release, as well as another CD with more great making of docs and etc like the MUMMY ULTIMATE EDITION's had.At the very least, they make one very interested in Egyption Anthropology