Product: The Mummy Returns [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 5.0
The sequel that exceeds the original.
THE MUMMY RETURNS (2001, PG-13= Adventure Action, Brief Mild Language, and Some Disturbing Images)The Cast: BRENDAN FRASER, RACHEL WEISEZ, FREDDIE BOATH, JOHN HANNAH, ODEH FAHR, PATRICIA VALASQUESZ, and DWAYNE JOHNSON.The Genre: Action/Adventure/Comedy/SequelThe Plot: This film picks up in 1933, ten years after the first film. After finding an ancient bracelet worn by the "Scorpion King", Evelyn and Rick O'Connell's son puts on the bracelet. In doing so, vicious villains are after him, and the O'Connell's must get their son to an ancient temple before the bracelet kills the young boy. So back for the ride come, big brother Jonathan and Odeh Fahr.What Works: The excellent action/adventure, wonderful adventrous plot, positive visual effects, and the way it ties into the first film very well. The humor, acting and directing remains just as good as the first film.What Doesn't: The rather poor visual effects for the Scorpion King in the near-end of the film.Reality Check: Why would Rick and Eevie go back to that temple if they knew what could possibly go wrong? And what ever happened to all the gold and jewelry riches they had brought home with them in the first one?The Catch: The film has some of the old re-caps of the first film, mostly including dialogue like a scene in the beginning when they're inside the temple and Eevie finds the bracelet, she says: "It's just a box. What danger could there be from opening a box?"- Eevie"Yeah just like what could happen from reading a book."- Rick So you see, there are some repeats which could possibly put the audience in predictable boredom. But this is the perfect Friday night family flick.OVERALL: "This very entertaining action film, is possibly the best sequel of the summer, if not the year! With the charm of the first and more action-adventure, this could possibly be one of the best films of the year!"