Task: Sentiment Analysis
Input (English): bob the happy bastard 's quickie review :
the mummy brendan fraser 's stuck in the past again , but at least this time he has something better to do than to quote sitcom lines and try to woo alicia silverstone .
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fraser is the lead star of the mummy , the second directorial effort from action director stephen sommers ( who also brought us the decent thrill ride that was deep rising ) .
it 's a rough adaptation of the 1932 film , and i say rough because it focuses more on special effects than on some guy in bandages , like boris karloff was engulfed in .
but who cares ,
the movie has a sort of swashbuckling quality to it
you ca n't get from , oh , say , godzilla or armageddon .
fraser plays a soldier who gets a premonition during a battle with soldiers in an egyptian ground .
basically , it 's a little sign from the mummy buried underneath- a priest named ihmoetep who was buried alive for taking part of murdering the king and making out with his mistress .
his plan- wake back up and wake her up also , making him invincible .
of course , fraser returns to the site years later with a librarian ( rachel weisz ) and her brother ( john hanna ) , along with a former buddy of his ( deep rising 's kevin j .
o'connor ) and some " americans " . . .
and guess what ?
yup , ihmoetep ( arnold vosloo ) awakens and wreaks havoc .
fire flies from the sky , flesh - eating beetles crawl about , and , well , ihmoetep 's plan begins to unfold .
ok , so it 's not really all that new a story , but the way sommers tells it is entertaining enough .
the special effects from industrial light and magic are top notch , and the acting from fraser and weisz is n't half bad either .
the action is pretty intense
( favorite scene : the sandstorm ) and there are a few shocking scenes just to jolt you horror - loving folks as well .
no , it 's no phantom menace beater , but if you 're looking for a solid warm - up to the summer movie season , you wo n't find a better film under wraps than the mummy .
if this does n't give fraser forgiveness from blast from the past and encino man , then nothing will .
Output (English): P