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Summary: UNIVERSAL SCORES WITH THIS RETELLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: In 1925, a group of explorers led by adventurer Rick O'Connell, discover the ruins of the ancient egyptian city Hamunaptura, and unwillingly awake the cursed priest Imhotep (who was cursed for killing the pharoah and trying to raise his love Anck-su-namun from the dead). Now the mummy not only wants to raise his girlfriend again, but he also unleashes the 10 plagues in un atempt to take over the world! Now only Rick, librarian Evelyn, her brother Jonathan, a mysterious warrior, and a group of american cowboys to save the day and destroy the creature. But first they'll have to face: thousands of flesh eating scarub beetles, a hord of Imhotep's slaves, undead worriors, mummified priests, locusts, flies, and of corse the mummy himself who needs the flesh of his tombs desecrators to fully rgenerate himself! Gory as this might sound, the movie is acually mild on blood and guts, but uses action and comedy to retell the classic horror story. Director Stephen Sommers handles this with the ut-most caution, trying to make it family friendly, but somewhat chilling without creating a sense of camp or stupidity. The acting is genuine for once, and Jerry Goldsmiths epic score is a glory to behold. This is un exellent film. Very entertaining, and not very complicated.
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Summary: The Greatest Mummy Film, a True Classic ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Review: Director/Screenwriter Stephen Sommers delivers this new take on the mummy legend. His mix of humor and horror is terrific! The casting was very, very worthy, and the plot was downright exciting! This film begins with a prolouge in ancient Egypt, where the priest Imhotep and the Pharoah's mistress Anck-Su-Namun murder pharoah Seti the 1st. He is condemed to be buried alive with flesh eating scarab beetles, and an eternity as one of the undead. Flash forwrd to 1926, were librarian Evelyn (Rachel Wiesz) and her brother Jonathan (John Hannah) recruit legionarre Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) to lead them to the ancient city of Hamunaptra. In route they meet up with a group of American cowboys out to plunder the same site. The general bickering ends when they accidentally revive Imhotep's corpse, who needs the flesh of his desecrators in order to regenerate! More over, he unleashes the biblical ten plauges of Egypt. Before you can scream "Mummy!", Rick and everyone else are fighting for their lives and trying to save the world! Harrowing thrills and spectacular visual effects by Industrial Light and Magic, make "The Mummy", one of the most draw droppingly spectacular films of the year. Right up there with "The Matrix" and the highly over rated "Star Wars: Episode One: The Phantom Menace". See this film, you won't regrete it!
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Summary: why the heck don't you like it?
Review: first of all, for your information the mummy is one of my favorite films and is in my top ten.
brendan frazer stars as a young adventurer who seeks the city of the great kings with the help of evelyn (rachel weiz) and her brother jonathan (jhon hannah).
in my opinion this is brendan fraser's best movie and also stphen summers's best movie.
the screenplay is written with love like a well made cheeseburger.
this is written before van helsing comes out.
do yourselves a favor and watch it with friends or family because it's a family thing...
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Summary: Embarrasingly watchable...
Review: OK, this is no masterpiece, but it does deliver the goods: action, humour, and entertainment, while not insulting the intelligence of the viewers.
An ancient curse is awoken. It is western adventurers that inadvertently brings the evil back, against the opposition from the local tribe and secret society of guardians. It is the westerners that repressent the forces of chaos, and the Egyptians the forces of good. The westerners are cruel and greedy. As they were in Egypt of that time.
The film is not scary, and the final show down is very entertaining. It has some really great one-liners:
"The whole world is going to end! You cannot leave now."
"That is not my problem. Are you coming with me?"
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Summary: Good Old Fashioned Entertainment¿
Review: ...with modern day special effects. The Mummy is definitely a throwback to the old horror movies of the 40s and 50s. Thankfully updated with excellent special effects as well as humor and fast paced action. It's an adventure movie, nothing more. Brendan Fraser is a blast to watch as dual pistol packing, attitude slapping, down to earth ex-Legionnaire who finds himself teaming up with a couple of geeky librarian siblings, one of which happens to be the beautiful Rachael Weisz. Fraser's character is hired by the two because he has seen something no one else has, the grave site of the lost city of Hamunaptra that holds the tomb of Imhotep, a powerful high priest in the days of the greatest and richest Pharaoh. What follows is a semi complex adventure that keeps you hanging and keeps you entertained. There are definitely some creepy moments and some aspects are intriguing, specifically the burials and rituals of the ancient Egyptians. Some aspects are of course, stretched and unrealistic, but you can't expect Oscar material from some thing like this, who in their right mind would? But The Mummy is a great piece of movie work and the DVD is full of extra features, so it is well worth buying.
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Summary: The Mummy
Review: Stephen Sommer's remake of the Boris Karlof original is a fun, if sometimes silly take on the story of the Mummy. A huge box-office success in the summer that gave us The Matrix and The Phantom Menace in 1999, this action- adventure is big on action, great SFX and witty laughs. Taking ideas from other films (Indiana Jones), it nonetheless is a cracking adventure tale that starts off great and builds up with a huge string of sequences and set pieces. Sommers, who gave us The Jungle Book (1995) and Deep Rising (1998) gets a bigger budget, some great ideas and impressive SFX creations. Starring Brendan Fraser, Rachael Weiz, Arnold Vosloo and John Hannah, The Mummy is great pocorn- munching entertainment, with some amusing, well-timed humour and great action set pieces. Watching a CGI Mummy seek vengeance on the group who wake him up is so much fun. However, the story tends to get silly, and the script is rather wooden. And the film, inevitably, spawned the inferior The Mummy Returns. Sequels notwithstanding, it's a B movie with an A grade budget and a top cast, and the DVD is packed with tons of extras on the making of the film. Good fun.
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Summary: A Nice Remake.
Review: The Mummy is full of action and adventure as well as good acting. Usually I find when films are shot in the desert the plot gets old and boring (ex. Hidalgo) but not this film. This has a little Indiana Jones and a little bit of Alien mixed in. It is a really good popcorn movie. One thing I have to say is that I think they could've got a better actor for the lead role instead of Brenden Frazier. The british girl played a good role. The special effects were awesome and the story really grabs you. See this or rent it. I highly reccomend it.
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Summary: A thoroughly entertaining movie - one of my all time faves
Review: I don't know how many times I have seen this movie on cable but enough that I had to own a copy of it in my movie collection. I absolutely adore the sequel to "The Mummy" and its predecessor as well (haven't seen the prequel "The Scorpion King"). "The Mummy" is reminds me a lot like the Indiana Jones series with the adventures and hijinks the main characters gets into. The premise of "The Mummy" isn't too far from the old horror movie but minus the bandages and overwrought lurching and instead is replaced with computer graphics and comedy alongside the action. Jonathan Carnahan (played by John Hannah) wasn't nearly as annoying in this film while he really got on my nerves in "The Mummy Returns". Some of my favorite scenes in the movies involved the spineless little weasel Beni played by the wonderful Kevin J. O'Connor. He brought the humor element to the movie with his treacherous and greedy ways. And of course watching Oded Fehr and Arnold Vosloo was as usual a pleasure to watch. I especially loved watching Imhotep suck the life essence out of the Americans. One of the funniest was when Rick O'Connell (Brendan Frasier) and Jonathan Carnahan (John Hannah) entered the bedroom where Imhotep was kissing Evie. Just as Imhotep was about to attack Rick, Rick holds up the cat. The battle scenes were excellent and probably my favorite moment in the entire movie. I loved seeing all those mummies, Imhotep's priests and bodyguards (?). The visual effects in this movie were dazzling, especially when Imhotep conjured up his image in the sands when he brought down the plane that Rick and his companions were flying in. "The Mummy" may not be Masterpiece Theatre but I don't care. I consider this film a rocking good time.
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Summary: It's not your father's Mummy!
Review: This is an excellent DVD edition! The 2-disc set is loaded with bonus material! The movie is in widescreen format on disc 1 and full-frame format on disc 2, so you have a choice in viewing it. And there's not just one, but three commentaries on the movie-- one by director Sommers and editor Ducsay, one by star Brendan Fraser, and one by co-stars Arnold (Imhotep)Vosloo, Oded (Ardeth Bay) Fehr, and Kevin J. (Beni) O'Connor. The behind-the-scenes stuff is fascinating, including the feature on building a better mummy, production notes, deleted scenes, photo gallery, and some very interesting and educational background information on ancient Egypt--its gods, kings, customs, mummies, artifacts, and even a map of the region. And there's the customary movie trailers, cast & crew bios, chapter index, and a main menu which is written in hieroglyphics until you select an item, then it's transformed into English--cute! The image quality is great and the surround sound quality is awesome! There are also some DVD-ROM features that look interesting, but I don't have a DVD-ROM drive on my PC, so I can't check them out. There's a trailer for the video game, though, and it looks like a fun game, with action and movement like Laura Croft in Tomb Raider. The movie itself is an action-packed adventure yarn in the Indiana Jones tradition. Brendan Fraser gives a stalwart performance as the two-fisted, two-pistol-packin' hero, always ready for a fight or a quip, who joins would-be Egyptologist Rachel Weisz ('Evie') and her inept brother on an expedition to find the city of the dead, Hamunaptra, and the vast treasure of the Pharaohs. Patricia Velazquez as Anck Su Namun, the Pharaoh's mistress, is one of the treasures, a knock-out in her body makeup costume! What they find, of course, is the tomb of Imhotep, the mummy, whom they carelessly resurrect, with all his supernatural powers and his evil intentions. It's here that the special effects take over, and they're pretty outstanding as Imhotep literally puts himself together by using body parts of his victims! It's quite a departure from the early Universal mummy movies and the later Hammer franchise, and it gives the mummy a more horrific element! He doesn't just kill you, he cannibalizes you! But despite the gruesomeness of this premise, the movie has very little gore in it, hence its PG-13 rating. The special mummy effects are really impressive, but it's the darn cockroaches (Scarabs) that are really scary! All in all, this DVD set does live up to its claim of being the ultimate edition. I recommend it to all collectors and mummy fans!
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Summary: A wild and entertaining romp in the desert
Review: 1999's The Mummy is the equivalent of a B movie produced on an epic scale. It's only real aim is to entertain, and it certainly does that. The campy nature of the dialogue works because the filmmakers have no shame: what, you say we've already used up our quota of clichés and really cheesy jokes? Well, find more of them. And get me some stereotypical Egyptians - we're not making this movie without some stereotypical Egyptian comic relief. If you're going to go, go for broke, I always say. The special effects also make things interesting. Some of them are quite good, but every so often you will see something that just looks rather silly - but that's okay. Hey, they already dropped a ton of money on special effects; you can't expect everything to be perfect. Those of us fascinated by ancient Egypt pretty much will ourselves to be drawn into the story: after all, this thing starts out as a mission to find the legendary city of Hamunaptra, aka the City of the Dead, complete with nifty little codices, hieroglyphics, and ancient books. Then of course you have the mummy; this guy is not content to just sneak around and say Boo in an effort to frighten everyone he meets; no, good old Imhotep has the plagues of Egypt as his calling card, and he possesses supernatural powers that make him all but invulnerable. I know this story raises questions in the mind of the viewer. Take, for example, the whole curse thing inflicted upon Imhotep. I have to admit he had it coming; messing around with the Pharaoh's mistress, even when she is as attractive as Anck Su Namun, is a bad idea; murdering the pharaoh himself probably crosses the line into the land of major boo-boo. What do you do to a high priest who has committed such sins? Chop off his tongue - okay, I'm with you on that one; wrap him in mummy bandages and throw him in a sarcophagus - right, that will work; throw a bucket full of scarabs on him that will consume his flesh, then bury him alive - that does sound like a good plan. But there's a catch; if he ever happens to be reanimated, he'll have super-powers. That is when you have to start questioning ancient Egyptian judgment. I would have just chopped the guy into pieces and made sure he could not have made it to an afterlife. Well, adventurer Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) and the sister-brother team of Evelyn the librarian of ancient Egyptian history and Jonathon the alcoholic find and open Imhotep's sarcophagus. Evelyn then proceeds to read aloud from the Book of the Dead she just "borrowed" from a trio of American treasure hunters and brings Imhotep back to life. Much chasing, fighting, killing, and general mayhem ensue. All poor Imhotep wants to do is to reanimate the corpse of his beloved Anck Su Namun; most men can't even remember their wife's birthday, but this guy, after 3000 years, still thinks only of his special lady. Doesn't that just make you feel warm all over? Don't expect to learn anything about Egypt in this film; The Mummy plays fast and loose with internal logic, so it certainly isn't out to recreate ancient Egypt in a realistic fashion. Just sit back, laugh when you're supposed to, and let The Mummy entertain you. Personally, I'm fascinated with actress Rachel Weisz. She just has a rare, hypnotic radiance to her that grows and grows as the movie progresses.
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