Product: The Mummy Returns [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 5.0
This benefits from repeat viewing!
I loved the first in the series, so eagerly awaited this one, and went, yeah, well...not as good.And in many ways it is not, the quiet character development that so was so charming in the first one is rather pushed aside in this head long rush into a pace that never stops for breath. You are nearly exhausted by the end!!However, after the initial grump about it not being as good, I have since viewed it several times. And the more I view it the more I like it. The humour is there, brilliantly delivered by Brandon Fraser, like after rescuing his wife from being killed by the resurrected mummy, they are escaping and she pauses to pull a bench to block a door, and he gently said in his typically comic Brandon voice, "Honey, what are you doing? Those guys don't use doors." The kid is precious without being TOO CUTE. Especially fun is his interplay with his kidnappers - ala Ransom of Red Chief, bugging them with "are we there yet?" so typically bored kid!! Also, with the female captor when she tells him to behave and he replies, "I don't behave for my parents, so what make you think I will for you?"You get eye candy in the female fight scenes, wonderfully staged. A whole returning crew, the the minor leads in the first one playing much more prominent roles, and with reason!!So if you enjoyed it, just not as much, trying a few repeat viewings and you might be surprised. I was. I found I liked it more each time!!