Product: The Mummy Returns [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 1.0
If there's nothing else to rent...
I thought the original was pretty bad, and sequels are never as good as the original, so right away the cards are stacked against this one.It does have some good stunts, such as the fight between the two leading ladies, some of the special f/x are cool, such as the Army of Anubis, and some of the characters were great, personally I thought the pygmies were hilarious. The plot is a standard hollywood summer blockbuster plot (an excuse for special f/x and stunts), but every now and then some interesting ideas managed to slip by, mostly the myth of the Scorpion King.Eventually the movie becomes boring, simply moving from one action sequence to another, with the characters exchanging the minimum required dialogue to explain the plot.I would have given this movie 2 stars had it not been for the poor quality of the DVD. There are two versions the fullscreen and the widescreen version, which is pretty dumb considering 99% of DVD's come with both versions on one disc. I don't understand why someone would want to buy the fullscreen version, since the backgrounds and FX are the best part of the movie and in fullscreen you miss over 1/3 of it if not more.Most of the other options on the DVD are either disappointing or simply advertisements for the spin off 'The Scorpion King' or the new Mummy Adventure Ride. There are no deleted scenes, and the commentary is almost unbearable.This movie and DVD had potential but so many things were done wrong in so many different ways that they ruined it.Unfortunately they're going to milk this cow in as many ways as possible, so we can expect new versions of this DVD in a two disc edition with the original Mummy, and eventually a trilogy edition with Scorpion King and who knows, we'll probably see in the summer of 2003, the Revenge of the Mummy, and let's not forget "The Mummy: The Animated Series".