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Summary: Another Indiana Jones clone
Review: The Mummy borrows heavily from Indiana Jones, just look at the heros clothing. The story is about some ancient bad guy Imothep(Vosloo) that kills the Farao and meets his end in a most cruel way.
The story starts when Egyptologist Evelyn(Weisz) discovers a map to a lost city and hires the bold adventurer O'Conell(Fraser). Once at the lost city Evelyn unlocks the tomb of Imothep the evil Imothep.
The old mummy is (mad) and quite hungry for love, so he decides that he wants his old girlfriend(which by the way was the Faraos wife) returned to life. During his attempts to get his girlfriend back(he for some reason believe Evelyn is a reincarnation of her), he among other things release 10 plagues on Egypt and mannages to kill off alot of people. The movie also includes alot of flesheating bugs.
The movie have to be seen in a humoristic light, but even when viewed as such it falls short. Fraser is certainly no Indiana Jones no matter how hard he tries he simply lacks the right stuff, and no matter how many special effects are used the movie never reaches the level of movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Summary: MUMMY MOVIE MAGIC!!
Review: I rented this movie wanting to be a little scared but certain that ANYTHING with Brendan Fraser couldn't nor wouldn't fit the bill. BOY WAS I WRONG!! It helped a lot that I have a 36" TV, but GEE WHIZ, this movie never let up after the story and characters were established. The effects were spectacular, the acting was pretty good, the moments of comic relief were perfectly timed. This is a really good movie.A KAYCEYGIRL VIDEO LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION!!
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Summary: One Trick Mummy
Review: There is much that is pretty good about this movie: extremely appealing heroine and action hero, some clever situations, and an overall ambience that reminds me of the old catalogues for Banana Republic--this is really about colonials trying to make a go of it in mysterious, exotic Egypt. However, there a real big problem with the movie, and that's The Mummy himself. Frankly, he's a bore. He goes about screaming all the time, with his mouth getting wider and wider, thanks to special effects photography. And then, he seems to have one really favorite way of making himself disagreeable, gouging out eyes. How many times were they going to run that one? And the recurrent scarab beetles were too much already too. So there's an incessant sameness about The Mummy and his adventures that is annoying. I think the earlier Karloff version is a thousand times better than this one--see my review for a fuller treatment. Final analysis: okay, but more variety would have been better.
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Summary: super predictable rubbish
Review: The original is much better, at least in terms of including a few unexpected twists and turns. If you want to know what is going to happen next in this cgi "masterpiece", just apply the following formula ... what new element has just been introduced to the picture? how might it suddenly spring to life and kill someone? The scene with the scarab beetle being picked off the wall is a good example.
BORING!!!!
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Summary: The Best DVD I Have Ever Seen
Review: Whatever you think of the movie (and I loved it!) this DVD is the best I have seen (and I have about 100). It is packed to the brim with extras, including the best type of commentary by director and designer, and mini features on the making of the movie, special effects, and even web-page equivalents (although viewable through your DVD player and not requiring a computer) on Egyptology and Egyptian artefacts. I would recommend any electronics shop hoping to sell some DVD players invests in a copy of The Mummy because it shows how good the format can be when used to its full potential. Turning to the film, this was a loving re-creation of the 1930s Universal horror movie, yet updated to 1990s standards. In Arnold Vosloo the film has an effective monster, and comparisons with Karloff are unfair. Rachel Weisz is the sort of beautiful actress that appeals to both men and women for different reasons, and funnily enough, George Of The Jungle star Brendan Fraser shows that that film was just an embarrassing hiccup and that he does have talent after all. And of course, the girls love him! The beauty of the desert long shots is matched by the attention to detail in the CGI effects, which shows how effects can enhance a film without making it seem (Terminator II?) like a lot of effects strung together in a loose plot. The fighting skeletons are reminiscent of the best Ray Harryhausen stop-motion work, and it would be good to see more of them in the sequel! There's a lovely scene at the beginning of the movie where a whole room full of bookshelves is 'domino-toppled'. This seems predictable but this sort of corniness is excusable in that it introduces the characters and gives us a contrast with the later action. A lovely film made by a dedicated director and a talented cast, and probably the best DVD made to date.
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Summary: better than the 1932 classic
Review: the mummy ultimate edition dvd is one of the best films i have on dvd. the mummy is truly spectacular. with huge special effects good actors and acting the mummy never runs out of adrenaline. brendan fraser and rachel weisz are superb as Rick O'Connell and Evelyn the librarian are perfectly fit. one of the best films of the 1990's. the mummy packs a wallop!
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Summary: A really lame version of _Raiders of the Lost Ark_
Review: I wasn't expecting a _Citizen Kane_ or _The Third Man_, but still this was lame. I tried to enjoy as escapism; I couldn't even enjoy it as camp. Let me explain the reasons.
1. This has to be the most haphazardly directed movie I have ever seen. I mean one second we are watching Imhotep, the next a car is crashing into a fire hydrant (I don't think they had fire hydrants in Cairo in the '20s either).
2. In the very first action sequence, we have the hero standing right out in the open, yet bullets fly by him outside of a radius of 6 feet. He, of course, manages to shoot everyone.
3. The is a scene where a biplane crashes into a pit of quicksand in the middle of the desert. Hello, you need water to have quicksand! There is very little water in the desert.
4. Oh, yes the beginning sequence, where we are give an overview of Thebes. Seems that the great city of old is populated entirely by badly animated CGI people.
5. The good guys are trapped by a mob of hypnotized Egyptians. Imhotep comes and takes the "heroine" away. Then sets the mob to kill our heros. The Brendan Fraser realizes that he can escape by a conviently place manhole.
6. The "climax" has Fraser chopping through hordes of zombies with an ancient Egyptian sword. Even if you assume the sword was in perfect share, very few weapones would cut of a limb with one strike.
7. Gee, I couldn't predict that the Arab warden was going to die. I always assume that the stereotypical, racial minority sidekicks would live through the film.
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Summary: One of the most entertaining action adventure fantasy films.
Review: A 3000 year old legacy of terror has just been unearthed deep in the egyptian desert. The forces of virtue are led by a dashing foregin legionnaire (Brender Fraser) who returns to the runied city of Hummunptra with a curcaceous but clusmy Egytogist (Rachel Weisz) & her ne`er do well brother (John Hannan). Directed by Stephen Sommers (The Adventures of Huck Finn, Deep Rising, The Jungle Book) made an very entertaining Action/Fantasy/Adventure, Which it was One of the Biggest Hits of 1999. DVD`s has an strong anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer & Excellent DTS 5.1 Surround Sound and also alivable in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound (also in French & Spanish tracks). In this ultimate edition has three different commentary tracks from the filmmakers & cast with another packed of extras. An entertaining film mixed with action, comedy, a little bit of horror & suspense. Screen-Story by Director:Sommers, Lloyd Fonvielle & Kevin Jarre (The Devil`s Own, Glory, Tombstone). Screenplay by Director:Sommers. Panavision. Grade:A-.
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Summary: 5 +
Review: What's not to like. Part 2 is even better. Both are keepers of the genre. Return to those days of yesteryear and Dr Fu Manchu adventures. Which someone would do a modern Fu Manchu pic. Would not be PC tho.
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Summary: Awesome Movie
Review: First of all, i thought this movie would have been stupid, but then after i saw it, i loved it. This has so much to offer in horror, action, romance, and humor. After an american finds out what really is going on in a haunted city, 2 brits hire him to take them there. When they get there, they unleash a mummy that has been waiting for 3000 years to unleash terror. And now that it's out, they must find a way to stop it. This movie has great actors including John Hannah, and Brendan Fraser. Brendan being the more popular of the two. And Oder Fehr who does a great job of being the ancient midjai warrior. There is gore, and some some action that is very good. Most of the action is Brendan spraying down mummies with bullets. But it's all good. So if you're looking for an action comedy, then this would work for a saturday evening movie. Horror - The mummy itself is pretty scary looking. and overall , the scariness level is a 6. Action - The gun fights and fist fights and even sword fights in this movie deliver superb action. It deserves an 8.
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