| The Mummy Returns | | Cast : | Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz | | Director : | Stephen Sommers | | Studio : | Universal Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | May 04, 2001 | | DVD Released Date : | August 24, 2004 | | Language : | French (Dubbed), English (Dubbed), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 29, 2005 | | Summary | The Mummy's Back.. This time with a sting! | Content
 | Two years after the success of the action adventure THE MUMMY, Writer Director Stephen Sommers again raises the dead with THE MUMMY RETURNS. While this initially appears to be a sequel, by film's end it is the second part of a larger story as Sommers intricately combines the two films. That is not to say the screenplay stands up to much scrutiny, it has more holes than an Egyptian dig site. This second film aims for a younger audience, trading in the relentless gross out of its predecessor for a more family themed story. In fact, now that our two heroes are married and have an eight-year-old son, the story feels like a SPY KIDS adventure.
Brendan Fraser returns as Rick O'Connell with as much charisma as he had in the first film. Rachel Weisz also returns but her uppity British librarian is now a sexy adventuress. Her Victorian wear has been traded in for form-fitting and revealing outfits. Their romance has blossomed and much fun is had at the expense of their sappy flirtings. John Hannah also returns as the comic relief brother but this time he carries a smaller role. There are several other sources of comic relief now. Imhotep (Arnold Vasloo) is back and less treacherous this time around as we have a new source of evil, the Scorpion King played briefly by WWF wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Later, he is portrayed by a Computer generated scorpion/man. He is not as thrilling a villain as the mummy was in the first film, but that did not stop filmmakers from creating a spin-off film THE SCORPION KING. (I wish I could say it had no relation to the Mummy films...)
The special effects in this film are well executed and fun providing a reality that only film can provide. How else can decaying armies of thousands battle it out, limbs flying? But, then the film putters out as the Scorpion King effects are un-impressive. An adventurous musical score by Alan Silvestri backs all of this.
The DVD has a great audio/video transfer as well as a treasure trove of extras including a commentary by the creators.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 29, 2005 | | Summary | Frank's Fan | Content
| Awesome! Even though I have not seen the first one I can already tell that this one is going to be much better. The special effects are AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also Imhotep is really cool!!! I Highley Recomond it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 22, 2005 | | Summary | What is this??? | Content
| I first asked myself..am I watching "THE MUMMY RETURNS?" or "THE SCORPION KING?" What is that "THE ROCK" guy doing in this movie?? (I hate that guy) Is this movie a preview of another movie??? Hmmm.....and what's up with all that "predictable" scene after scenes in over done computer graphics? This movie reminds me of a cheap Disney production. So Shallow. What a waste of money...... |
| Rating | | | Date | June 26, 2005 | | Summary | It stunk | Content
| This movie isnt even worth rental.Everthing was boring and the mummy was fully regenerated in the first 30 minutes.It wasnt even
worth the one star it got. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 19, 2005 | | Summary | Good, but not as good as the first | Content
| This movie was an average movie, but even mor average as a sequel. I would call it a quick hollywood buck. Some of the speical efects are good, but some, such as the scorpian king himself near the end, are very fake and artificial such as a videogame.
That said, this is not a horror movie as the title would suggest, but really an action and adventure movie.
Overall, I would recommend this movie if you've seen the first one, but if not, I probably wouldn't.
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