Product: The Mummy Returns [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 3.0
5 Stars For Kids
It was appropriate that the two lead characters are married and have an 8 year old son. Because 8 to 12 years old is just about right for this picture. I would have loved it at that age (at that age I saw Ray Harryhausen's Seventh Voyage of Sinbad with my friends and we went nuts over it!). It seems to be written and pitched to that age group as well, and if you take it with that in mind, it is a lot of fun.It is CGI gone amok, with tons of stuff and barely enough time in between to catch it's breath. Crazed mummys, even crazier pygmy mummys, villains, ridiculous airships, improbable escapes, and even a nod to Ray Harryhausen with the Scorpion King at the end. All at 90 mph. Ya know, 12 year old stuff.For adults, probably 2-1/2 stars, being generous, unless you're in a 12-year-old frame of mind (which I find myself in from time to time). But it is too loud, fast & furious to put you to sleep, so in the right mood you might enjoy its silliness done with more care than probably necessary.For 8 to 12 year old boys (especially) , I would imagine this is heaven.