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The Mummy Returns...

The Mummy Returns

   
Movie Review:
The Mummy Returns
Starring:
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr
    

This movie takes place in 1935, 10 years after the original "Mummy". Rick (Brendan Fraser) and Evelyn

(Rachel Weisz) are now married with a 9-year-old son Alex. They happen to be upon the bracelet of the Scorpion King (The Rock), the most vicious and powerful warrior of all time. The owner of the bracelet can resurrect the dog-faced sand warriors that were used by the Scorpion King after he struck a deal with the Dark Lord Anubis, and use them to take over the world. But in order to do so, they must also raise the Scorpion King and kill him. The only one powerful enough to kill the Scorpion King is our old friend Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo). Rick and Evelyn must race to stop Imhotep from fulfilling his destiny of

immortality and prevent the end of the world, one more time.
 
Much like the original, this movie has a lot of special effects and humor. Many times they jokingly refer to the first movie, and the plot is pretty much the same, stopping Imhotep from taking over the world. This

time however, there is an even greater power in the Scorpion King to add a little more punch to the side of the bad guys. Also along for the ride is the 9 year old comic relief in the form of their kid. Many of the laughs in the movie come from him. The cast is pretty much the exact same from the first movie, and the special effects are the same. Instead of using sand to take down an airplane, they use water to take down a dirigible. So, this movie, is basically getting a rehash of the first movie,

with slightly different locations, and a slightly different story.
 
You never even notice the time passing as you watch this movie. It is fun. Unlike the first movie, there is a lot less down time here. Much more action, still a lot of comedy, and still some pretty impressive special effects. The fact that the movie starts off with a huge battle between tens of thousands of people (or

computer generated people), and involves WWF superstar The Rock, is enough for people or more aptly kids to fall in love with this movie.
  
The sets are very cool looking, much more than that of the original. The special effects just over the two year period since the first movie have come a long way. Other than the strange looking face of the Scorpion King at the end, the rest of the effects are seamless. The

acting is what you'd expect from an action-adventure pic. And the music is enjoyable, especially the track that played over the closing credits, performed by Live.
  
Filmmaker Sommers has an excellent balance of action and humor, with a racing pace leavened by enough character moments to keep us emotionally engaged. Fraser hits all the right notes with charisma, Weisz is likably erudite , Hannah is a hoot, Vosloo is richly menacing and Fehr has appealing gravity. Patricia Velasquez as the mummy’s beloved Anck-Su-Namun is even more alluring than in the original, with wickedly good presence. Boath is bright without being overly cute. The cast all play off one another with confident, precise timing and do superb work in shots where they are playing opposite special effects added in post-production.The visual effects supervised by John Berton are pretty spectacular here, especially with the enormous number of Anubis soldiers.

Overall, The Mummy Returns is worth a watch.
 

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