The whole two-hours-plus affair just soars along, brainlessly and breathlessly.
The Mummy Returns (2001)
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Reviews Counted: 133
Fresh: 63
Rotten:70
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Consensus: The special effects are impressive, but its excessive use gives the movie a detached, artificial feel. As such, the characters seems secondary to the computer generated imagery, and they lose much of the charm they had in the first movie. Also, with so many story elements borrowed from other movies, this Mummy feels like a retread.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for adventure action and violence
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release: May 4, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $200,691,120
Synopsis: Flanked by fabulous computer-generated battle scenes that would make BRAVEHEART proud, THE MUMMY RETURNS is a fast-paced sequel that surpasses the hit 1999 original, both directed by Stephen Sommers. Virtually the entire cast has come... Flanked by fabulous computer-generated battle scenes that would make BRAVEHEART proud, THE MUMMY RETURNS is a fast-paced sequel that surpasses the hit 1999 original, both directed by Stephen Sommers. Virtually the entire cast has come back for another exciting go-round, this time trying to prevent Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) from gaining control of the Bracelet of Anubis and taking on the Scorpion King (the Rock) for control of the world. But to gain that power, Imhotep and his vicious true love, Anck-Su-Namun (Patricia Velasquez), must get to the Oasis of Ahm Shere before Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser), his wife, Evie (Rachel Weisz), their son, Alex (Freddie Boath), the mysterious Ardeth Bay (Oded Fehr), and Evie's brother, Jonathan (John Hannah, who provides much of the comic relief). Set in 1933, THE MUMMY RETURNS combines elements of the STAR WARS and INDIANA JONES films in letting loose a scintillating thrill-ride of a movie, chock-full of terrific special effects and marvelous locations (Morocco, Jordan, and London), erupting in a spirited tale of flight and fantasy, sword and sorcery. The addition of Freddie Boath to the cast increases the suspense as well as the comedy; his scenes with the evil Lock-Nah (fiercely played by OZ veteran Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) are among the best in the film. THE MUMMY RETURNS also features professional wrestler the Rock as the Scorpion King, who was defeated in 3067 BC and is ready to be resurrected in the Year of the Scorpion. [More]
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Oded Fehr
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Oded Fehr, Arnold Vosloo, Patricia Velasquez, Dwayne Johnson, Freddie Boath
Director: Stephen Sommers
Director: Stephen Sommers
Screenwriter: Stephen Sommers
Producer: James Jacks, Sean Daniel
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Studio: Universal Pictures
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Release:
Jul 22, 2008
Blu-ray Disc Features:
- Note: Free Movie Ticket Offer to see The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in Theaters ($7.50 value).
- Widescreen
Audio:
- DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 - English
- DTS 5.1 Surround - French, Spanish
- Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary - Stephen Sommers - Director/Writer; Bob Duscay - Executive Producer
- Featurette - 1. An Army to Rule the World Part 2
- 2. Unraveling the Legacy of THE MUMMY
- 3. Visual and Special Effects with The Rock
- 4. An Exclusive Conversation with The Rock
- 5. Spotlight on Location
- Music Video - "Forever May Not Be Long Enough" - Live
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Storyboard to Final Film Comparison
Reviews for The Mummy Returns
The film's bloated ambition seems of a piece with its panting, happy-dog charm. [Blu-Ray]
The Mummy Returns isn't concerned with character development or plot; it exists simply to please the audience with massive amounts of eye-candy.
With a few extra zeros on the budget this time around, Sommers runs riot.
Feels like so much scrap metal picked up off the factory floor at the place where they made the first one.
There's really just not much to say about this movie. What you expect is what you get.
An old-fashioned adventure yarn accelerated for a video-game era, an H. Rider Haggard novel rocketing by at 150 MPH.
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