It is entertaining with a nice blend of adventure, humor, scares and action. Plot, special effects and setting give this movie a nice touch of fantasy to enjoy. The plot revolves around cursed Egyptian high priest Imhotep, hidden treasure and saving the world. After a brief opening in ancient Egypt to set the story in motion, viewers are jumped to 1920's Egypt. There is little time for the characters to catch their breaths, but the plot is understandable and easy to follow.
Special effects help the plot keep moving.
Computer generated images and other special effects in this movie are very good. Viewers are treated to excellent depictions of swarms of locusts, flaming hailstones, gigantic sand storms and marauding flesh eating beetles. The mummy slowly morphs from a walking skeleton to a normal human as he regenrerates. He turnes into a miniature sand storm whenever he escapes the heros. Some of the special effects are reminiscent of Ray Harryhausen films.