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Summary: I want my Mummy!
Review: Excellent! I like the Mummy. It had interesting facts about the mummy named Imothep(Arnold Vosloo). He has reincarnated because of people who are looking for treasure. the main characters are Rick o Connell(Brendan Fraser) and Evie(Rachel Weisz). Also Evie's brother Johnathan(John o Hannah). They and other folks went to the city of the dead to look for treasure and facts about the mysterious place. They accidently woke the mummy up!
The movie had it's funny moments and scary moments which makes it a good movie. Me and my little sister enjoyed the movie that we bought the video for christmas. This is a must see if you like action and history movies.
Check out the sequal.
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Summary: An excellent must-see
Review: In this powerfully wonderful action film, severeal men look for a treasure and unearth a horrible master of complete cursed destruction, an all-powerful all-deadly mummy who was mummified alive and cursed. He rains on plague after another plague on Egypt.No one knows how to destroy this monster. He tries to reincarnate Anck-su-namun, his fomer love. The film has violent action,powerful mummies, and a scantily clad woman to enjoy looking at. The film is wonderful ... and action-packed for 125 minutes of power and suspense. The only flaw was Beni, the stupid character. An absolute must-see for the whole family
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Summary: so so
Review: Just another average movie out of Hollywood...nothing special
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Summary: Bring on a few more sequels!!
Review: If you are a fan of Indiana Jones, or any kind of action shoot 'em up film, than this movie is for you. If you are looking for a flawless, oscar-worthy Jack Nicholson type movie, go somewhere else. This movie is extremely fun to watch, and very funny. You don't have to be an egyptologist to follow it, the plot is very simple. It is set in 1923, Rick O'connel, (Brendan Fraser,) Evalyn, (Rachel Weisz), and Jonathan (John Hannah), are on their way to Hamunaptra, The city of the dead, after finding a map that will lead to treasure hidden there. In the proscess, they awaken a cursed mummy of a priest named Imhotep. (Arnold Vosloo.) Its even more fun to watch it if you do know about Egypt. The film takes many names from real ancient Egyptian names and places, and uses them in different areas. For example, Imhotep was the name of the Architect who designed the first pyramid. Evalyn was the name of a woman archeoligist that helped in the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb. The critics call it an Indiana Jones rip-off, which I do not think is true. All that it borrows from the Indiana Jones movies is the gun-firing action and overall dark feel that you got from Raiders of the Lost Ark, making it seem very similiar. The plot does not borrow a thing from it, nor do the actors. The movie is absolutely hilarious, although in some parts sort of silly. The movie isn't really horror. It is a little gory, but it is filled with so much humor that you can't consider it horror. The landscapes and sets are beautiful. Save money on a trip to Egypt and watch this movie. Even my sister couldn't help saying "Wow." When she saw the opening scene in ancient-time egypt. The DVD has some cool extras, and good picture quality. If you liked this movie, then you will have to enjoy its sequel, The Mummy Returns, which is not as good but comes close.Bring on a third!!
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Summary: Great action flick.
Review: When this movie came out I rushed to a theater to see it. Even though I was not disappointed and very much enjoyed watching it, there were few minor but ever so obvious details that I could not except:
First - Rick O'Connell (Fraser) is captured during a battle and put in prison. After 3 years Evie (Rachel Weisz) buys out his life. When they first meet O'Connell's teeth are so white and shiny he is ready to do Colgate commercial. I guess Egyptian prisons do have dental care after all.
Second - throughout the desert cross, which took few days, Evie somehow managed to remain snow white, not even a single sign that she spent days in 120-degree sun.
And of course, the race to the City of the Dead, where camels outrun horses. Hm, can that happen? Besides these few oversights, it's a great action movie. Visual effects are great. Action scenes are fast paced. Movie itself moves in a great pace.
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Summary: More Mummies, Please
Review: Now that's entertainment, everything you want in an action movie. And what about that next movie, hollywood guys? No, the Scorpion King doesn't count - I want to know what Rick and Evie tackle after the Mummy Returns. By the way, you can double your pleasure from this film (and the second movie) with your family by adding the nifty A&E Egypt double-dvd - Mummies And The Wonders of Ancient Egypt. It's very inexpensive and the episodes are fabulous-looking on DVD; it's not a 400-level Egyptology class, but hey, you're American consumers like me, right?
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Summary: Great Fun!
Review: This is a totally awesome movie! It's about a librarian ,Evee (Evelyn, brother Jonathan and a guy named Rick who accidentally bring a mummy priest (Imotehp) back from the dead. He brings down plague after plague on Egypt and they have to stop him. This movie has a lot of adventure and shouldn't be classified as a horror type film because it's more of an action \ adventure film with bits of comedy. I reccomend this move and also it's sequel, The Mummy Returns.
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Summary: Horror, Humor, Grand Special Effects and Lots of Action
Review: Once you've seen the original Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee mummy movies, you might wonder how they might be improved. The commercials for the movie were intriguing, but I was still apprehensive when I went to the theater. I was not prepared for the combination of humor and horror in this movie, and was very pleasantly surprised at how well this movie exceeded the horror classics. The DVD goes one better by adding extras and the opportunity to see this movie again and again. We begin the movie with the story of Imhotep, played very well and evilly by Arnold Vosloo. Imhotep has the hots for Pharaoh's mistress, played by Patricia Velazquez. Unfortunately for all but the movie goers, the affair is discovered, Pharaoh is murdered, and Imhotep gets to suffer the hong dai (pardon my spelling), which means having flesh-eating beetles thrown into your sarcophagus just before it is sealed. Scroll forward a couple thousand years to introduce Brendan Frasier as our hero, a less-serious and devil-may-care version of Indiana Jones, only much less knowledgeable and handier with guns and one-liners. We get to meet Brendan fighting off desert nomads in 1920-something near Hamunaptra. Of course, that just happens to be where Imhotep was buried. However, this vignette is merely a connection between Imhotep's interment and the adventure that ultimately frees him. We move forward into the future again, this time to meet Rachel Weisz playing librarian Evelyn Carnahan in Cairo. Evelyn's brother has discovered a map and a key that appear to lead to Hamunaptra, and the vast treasures that are supposed to be there. Unfortunately the map is "accidentally" destroyed, so Evelyn goes to find Brendan, who supposedly knows the location of Hamunaptra without a map. As it turns out, a whole host of people make their way to Hamunaptra. The Book of the Dead is discovered and is used to bring Imhotep back to life, and then the real fun begins. From this point forward the mummy becomes stronger and stronger, terminating in a battle between mummified warriors, priests, Imhotep, Brendan Frasier, Rachel Weisz, her brother, and assorted others who have become involved in the story along the way. While humor enlivens this movie in most of the scenes with Brendan Frasier, and many of the scenes with Rachel Weisz, this movie remains a horror movie with comic moments. The deaths are played seriously, and some are chilling, if not horrible. There is nothing funny about any of the death scenes. Some scenes may even make you squeak, if only a little. The movie was plotted quite well, with the action holding your attention from beginning to end. The slow moments are few and set up the next action sequence so well that you never drift. Furthermore, while there are a few plot inconsistencies, they are so minor that you may not notice them until you have seen the movie several times. In case you haven't spotted one yet, here's an example. Imhotep gets a huge case of flesh-eating beetles dumped into his sarcophagus, yet he has time to carve a message into the lid. Furthermore, it was stated by Rachel Weisz that his death would have been long and slow. Yet, everyone else that ran into the beetles died within either seconds, or at most, minutes. Forgiving the minor inconsistencies, this movie has set the standard for mummy movies. No worries about how the slow-moving mummy catches up to fast-moving prey. This mummy is all action and has no problem getting what he wants. For giving me a good mix of action, humor, special effects, and a few good scary moments, this movie gets 5 stars.
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Summary: Cliche, cliche, cliche
Review: "Rescue the damsel in distress, Kill the bad guy, Save the world" that pretty much somes up this first mummy Movie.
the plot is tired, overused, and completely predictable. I felt no suspense while watching this movie. Quite a contrast from its much better and highly under-rated sequel, "The Mummy Returns"
Basically, you should see this movie for filling, and then move on to "The Mummy Returns" to finish the story.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I thought Brendan Fraser did a great job playing the hero; he was flawed and wasn't afraid to run. Very enjoyable. Nasty villians.
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