Product: The Mummy Returns [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 4.0
People can't seem to understand: it's a parody/farce!
Oh, my Lord! I am so tired of hearing people try to critique this movie as if it was taking itself seriously. It is almost enough to make one think that no one has ever seen the Evil Dead trilogy (Evil Dead I/II, Army of Darkness).These movies are nothing but prime examples of directors poking fun at the entire action movie industry. From the moment Brendan Fraser's character's family returns home to England, it is immediately evident that the writers were cracking up as they cooked up more and more cliched and contrived scenes. The best example of this is (spoiler ahead), when Fraser and the Rock are locked in combat, the action freezes the Amenhotep, the Mummy, rushes onto the screen to strike a dramatic pose and scream "NOOOO!"Don't ask for character development in a movie like this. You wouldn't in a National Lampoon movie. The Mummy Returns is exactly like those: a parody and a farce with some action adventure thrown in.