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Summary: Make sure you have enough PopCorn!
Review: Egyptologist Evelyn (Weisz) discovers a map to the lost city of Hamunaptra, finding Rick O'Connell (Fraser)in a local jail, (about to be hung) he says he's seen Hamunaptra, infact has even been there!
She takes his word and bribes the "Warden" to let him go. He accepts as long as he comes along for the ride, to share the treasure of course. Evelyn's brother comes along as well.
Imhotep(Vosloo), The Ancient Mummy is revived by Evelyn (it was a accident!), which means big trouble(such as unleashing of the 10 plagues, ect)!
All Imhotep wants to do is bring back his lover. The Pharoah's Girlfriend, no matter what.Great film! I loved it! I loved that they didn't make it so serious, there is plenty of comedy in this film! Go rent it today! And Enjoy about 2 hrs. of non-stop fun!
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Summary: Daffy, ditzy, delightful
Review: There is no escaping The Mummy. It did very well in theaters, and Universal Studios, which hadn't had a hit in ages. promptly decided to do a sequel, which it unleashed the next year. The affable Brendan Fraser seems destined to fit into Harrison Ford's shoes, at least his action/adventure shoes. I have to write about this movie on two levels, because Egyptology is of the few subjects other than movies with which I am fairly familiar. I am touchy about the way my beloved old Egyptians are portrayed on screen. From this point of view, I found The Mummy to be a trashy work written by people with no knowledge or interest in history for an audience of similar ignorance. Yet, if I remove this personal bias, The Mummy becomes a whiz bang action-adventure comedy that is similar to, but not quite equal to, the three Indiana Jones flicks. We are told at the beginning that, 3,000 years ago, a beautiful princess, who may be touched only by the Pharaoh, is having an affair with the priest Imhotep. [Both the princess and the priests have their skin covered by gold paint, and they look like they are about to go out to a hot Thebes disco.] Naturally, they are caught. The princess is slain, and Imhotep vows to bring her back to life. Before he can accomplish this, he is captured and faces a cruel death. A curse is put on him that is so powerful it has never been used before. [How can the Egyptians know how powerful it is if they never tried it?] Fast forward to 1923. Rick O'Connell [Brendan Fraser] finds his regiment outnumbered by a never named enemy. The smart soldiers run away, the dumb ones dye. Soon, Rick is the last man standing. Just as he is about to be shot, some unnatural force causes the winds to howl and the sands to blow. The bad guys flee. Meanwhile, in Cairo, we find the lovely Evelyn [Rachael Weisz] and her larcenous brother, Jonathan [John Hannah]. Their late parents gave tons of money to some Cairo Museum, so now the kids play at archeology. Naturally their paths cross with Rick's, who leads them into the desert in search of a lost treasure city. Well, you can imagine whose tomb they chose to open in said city. Then, the real fun begins. I say fun, because this version of The Mummy concentrates a lot more on humor than on horror. Perhaps this is because the original has become such a camp classic. Fraser is quite likable as Rick. While his range as an actor is large, this is the kind of work that will get him a ton of fans, not to mention a multimillion dollar beach house. Fraser should keep in mind that both fans and beach houses are at the mercy of the ebbs and flows of differing tides, and he would be wise to also pursue more serious fare. Hannah and Weisz try hard, but are overwhelmed by the special effects. Perhaps the best performances are those of Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep and Kevin J. O'Connor as the treacherous and hilarious Benji. Some of the digital special effects are wonderful, while others, like the man-eating scarab beetles, are cheesy. On the whole, the technicians could have used some lessons from those who worked on The Matrix. About that history. Seti I did not build the Great Sphinx, as implied in the opening. The plagues Imhotep uses are Hebrew. not Egyptian. They are the ones Moses resorted to. And so forth. The only thing that is remotely accurate historically is the film's portrayal of 1920s Egyptologists as more plunderers and thieves than archeologists. So, just put your brain in neutral and enjoy the show.
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Summary: very nice dvd
Review: This was a good movie with some cheezy one liners that were pretty funny.The ation is pretty good,but the special effects is what helps this alot.The dvd is great with dts sound and the extra featutes are just piled up on this two disc set.
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Summary: WOW! (From the mouth of a 14 year old girl)
Review: It isn't a chick flick it isn't a manly movie it is perfect for everyone. I absolutly love this movie. "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns" are my absolute favorite movies. I watch them every week. If you could olnly pick one movie to watch for the rest of your life you better be damn shur you pick one of theis. This movie is so great that, oddly enough, I eaither want to be and actress or an Egyptologist when I grow up. Brendon Frasire and Rachel Weize have great chemistry. When I saw Rachel in "Enemy at the Gates" it was not the same. Make shure go to see "The Scorpian King" if it doesnt get good review they won't make a "The Mummy 3". Besides you will only understand "The Mummy 3" if you see "The Scorpian King". You will only understand "The Scorpian King if you see "The Mummy Returns". You will only understand "The Mummy Returns" if you see "The Mummy". So where does that leave you?! I hope I helped you deside.
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Summary: Dazzling, silly 'popcorn' movie
Review: The Mummy Returns is mindless, big-budget action-adventure entertainment. Some reviewers seem to assume automatically that this is always a bad thing. I try to be more democratic in my point of view. I look to see if a movie succeeds in achieving its goals. The goals of The Mummy Returns are to be mindless, to be thrilling, and to be as much like a thrill ride as possible. It achieves these objectives, and if it insult's one's intelligence in the process, so what? A ride on a roller coaster is not generally considered to be an intellectual pursuit. Virtually the entire cast from 1999's original is back - Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell, Rachel Weisz as Evelyn, John Hannah as Jonathan, Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep [The Mummy], Oded Fehr as Ardeth Ray, and Patricia Velazquez as Meela. Two new characters have been added. The movie takes place in 1993, eleven years after the original. Rick and Evelyn are married and have a son, Alex [Freddie Boath]. There is also a new villain, The Scorpion King [The Rock], another monstrous bad guy from ancient Egypt. The plot is complicated [needlessly so, perhaps], but here are some main points. Rick and Evelyn are once more back in Egypt to raid ancient tombs. Either they have short memories or they are dedicated thrill seekers, because their first adventure there seems to have taught them nothing. Indifferent to the dangers ahead, they even bring their young son along. Almost at once they unleash another curse on the world, that of The Scorpion King. They flee home to England, where there's more trouble. Yet another ancient cult decides that the only way to save us from The Scorpion King is to revive Imhotep because only he has the power to stop this new threat. [To me, that's like inviting one hungry lion into your house to save you from another one, but, hey, this is a movie.] The cast is enjoyable to watch. It's like watching a group of kids having a good time. That's exactly what these actors are doing. All of them have appeared in some serious films [even Fraser], and all seem to know that mindless activity can be therapeutic. Besides, movies like The Mummy Returns provide fat paychecks. Don't allow your knowledge of history to get in your way of enjoying this movie. Its makers can't get it right in 1933. They show things like automatic rifles, repeating shotguns and handheld fire extinguishers that didn't exist then. If they had such trouble researching life eight decades ago, imagine what happens when they reach back five thousand years. In movies like this, history is just the backdrop. The only people it inspires are the set and costume designers. Besides, the real history that inspired the current series of mummy movies, as well as those in the 1930s, occurred in 1922. This was when Howard Carter uncovered King Tut's tomb and supposedly unleashed a curse on those who defiled it. I don't know about the curse, but Carter may have been just as reckless as Rick and Evelyn. The Egyptian government did not give a Westerner a permit to dig in another tomb again for seventy-five years. My biggest complaint about this movie is its extraordinarily high body count. The MPAA alters it rules as the times change. It takes a lot less sex and/or nudity to get an "R" rating that it did ten years ago. On the other hand, you can get away with many more four letter words today in a "PG-13" movie. Times changed again Sept. 11th, and I hope the MPAA reflects this by allowing less carnage in movies aimed at teens. I am fully in favor of people's making whatever movies they want. I simply think it's time for the MPAA to reconsider its position on gratuitous violence.
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Summary: THE MUMMY AND THE MUMMY RETURNS
Review: WELL, WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY, THE TRUTH, BRENDAN FRASER IS ONE TALENTED ACTOR. ALL OF THE MOVIES THAT I HAVE SEEN FROM HIM ARE THE BEST. I THINK THAT HE IS SO HANDSOME. HE HAS THAT SPUNK THAT AN ACTOR SHOULD HAVE. HE ALSO WENT OUT OF HIS WAY, IN THE MOVIE BEDAZZLED. I JUST CANT WRITE ENOUGH OF THIS GUY. WHEN GOD MADE HIM, HE WAS NOT JUST MAKING ANYONE, HE MADE HIM WITH ALL THE RIGHT STUFF. I MEAN HE IS TALENTED, HANDSOME, WITTY, AND NOT TO MENTION EVERYTHING ELSE. GOD BLESS YOU, BRENDAN FRASER.
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Summary: Christian "s Review
Review: The Mummy is a Movie that is not like any other movie before.The Mummy has some funny parts and some gross sences.If you like a movie about Mummies and curses you like the Mummy.This movie is about a high priest named Imhotep who wants to mary the girl of his life but only the Pharos can touch her... This movie is a great movie to watch.
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Summary: THE MUMMY A TRULY WONDERFUL MOVIE
Review: I TURNED ON THE TV, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOVIE THE MUMMY, AND WAS HELD CAPTIVE RIGHT TO THE BITTER END. I WENT OUT AND PURCHASED THE MOVIE THE MUMMY AND THE MUMMY RETURNS. HAVING ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN ANYTHING EGYPT, THIS MOVIE FUELED THE FIRES OF FURTHER LEARNING. THE MOVIE WAS WONDERFUL AND ARNOLD VOSLOO WAS EVERY THING ANY WOMAN COULD EVER HOPE FOR IN A MAN. TO ME HE WAS THE STAR AND HIS ACTING WAS SUPERB. THE ENDING TO THE MUMMY RETURNS WAS TRAGIC AND SHOWS THE FICKELNESS OF MANY WOMEN, TO TURN THEIR BACK ON YOU WHEN YOU NEED THEM MOST. I CRIED AT THE END TO THINK OF ALL HE SURRERED AND THE HORRIBLE DEATH HE WENT THROUGH, FOR A WOMAN THAT REALLY DIDN'T GIVE A DAMN. THERE SHOULD BE A MUMMY 3 IMHOTEP'S REDEMPTION WHERE HE CAN COME BACK AND FIND A TRUE LOVE AND LIVE OUT HIS LIFE IN HAPPINESS AND LOVE. HIS LOVE WAS TRUE AND UNENDING WHICH IS SOMETHING RARE, THEN AND IN TODAY'S WORLD. WE NEED MORE MEN LIKE HIM.
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Summary: A lot of fun when you ignore the plot holes
Review: I came into this not expecting much as I was watching it at a friend's house and it had been his choice. I have to say however, that once I decided not to worry about the plot holes and unnecessary exposition, I had fun. One could spend several paragraphs on the inconsistencies in this film, including one that I will mention: why does it take six bodies for the male mummy to revive, but only one potentially for the woman? But never mind about that. Brendan Fraser is a standout here, knowing just when to take the script seriously and when to wink at it. He could really stay in this action/comedy genre and do well. I say this having not seen his dramatic work. But he is perfect for this kind of role: handsome, self-deprecating, and check out those arms! Rachel Weisz is simply adorable. She isn't believable as a historic scholar, but she certainly is as the object of Fraser's affection. But her role is simply that of Love Interest/Damsel in Distress. As for others, John Hannah is wasted is what is basically a comic relief role. And he appeared to know that this was below him, because he didn't seem to be enjoying himself, as some actors do in this type of role by throwing themselves into it. And Jonathan Hyde just spouts gibberish as an Egyptian scholar. The special effects were impressive but seemed to be relied on too much for making an impression in themselves instead of forwarding the story. I don't know that I would watch this film again, but I think I would watch the sequel to see these characters again. And because it was a rollicking good time.
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Summary: Fun!
Review: This was a fun movie to watch. We laughed, and even screamed watching it. Mostly we screamed about those flesh-eating bugs... ickkkkkk!!!! But this is one great light-hearted adventure movie. The kids liked it, and so did the grown-ups! Sure it is full of plot holes, and it's pretty silly... basically a humorous copy of "Raiders of the Lost Ark"-type move.
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