Product: The Mummy Returns [VHS] (2001)
Rating: 4.0
Nearly a perfect sequel
This was a film I keenly wanted to see after the first installment and I must say that all the hype about the Rock was somewhat amusing given his minutes of airtime (most of that as a computer-generated figure). However, the film plays with the gusto that you come to expect from Fraser, Weisz, Hannah and co. A delightfully watchable action film that has breathed a new generation of life into the Indiana Jones theme. I can only hope they produce a third film.The only disappointing aspect to this film (and thus why it doesn't get five stars) was that there were too many threads in the plot, most of which got dropped at various points in the film almost as though the director realised the disbelievability of them and sacrificed script for special effects (much like Tomb Raider). Without giving anything away the descent into 'we're actually reincarnated from powerful Eygptian gods/heroes' brought a touch of the ridculousness to an otherwise excellent film of the genre.