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Summary: The Mummy
Review: Before there was ''The Scorpion King'', or ''The Mummy Returns'', there was the Mummy.The Mummy by Universal Pictures, is probably the best remake of an original horror film I have seen. It's not just a remake, but it's a completely new story that is scary, entertaining, fun and suspenseful. Now this great movie has been released on a DVD and it comes with a couple of nice features and presents this film in great form. The movie stars Brendan Frasier as a French soldier fighting in the Middle East who is captured and about to be executed by enemy forces. Rachel Weis plays Evelyn Carnahan, an archelogist who accidently saves Frasier from
execution. Evelyn loves studying and learning about Mummy Tombs, pharoas and Egyptian people. Eventually Evelyn learns of a special book called the Book of The Dead, which is all about mummies, resurrection andthe afterlife. Evelyn and a group of other explorers,start digging into the tomb and treasures
of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), an evil and vicious king who is killed with his
mistress in Hamunaptra, the city of the Dead. Basically this guy and his mistress committed violent crimes and eventually got the
same punishment they inflicted on their victims. Evelyn and the other nieve explorers, eventually resurrect the dead king which leads to a chain reaction of violence, death, and imminent death to anyone who comes
into his path. The King/Mummy isn't at full strength, and so uses his magical and deadly powers, starts absorbing his victims, until he gets full power. Once he gets full power, the Mummy not only plans to resurrect his evil mistress but plans to conquer everthing in it's path. Richard Occonel (Frasier) and the others must not only find a way to stay alive but find a way to kill the mummy before his power becomes to great
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Visual Effects
-------------- Before the movie, horror films had used a couple of visual effects mixed in with horror. ''A NightMare On Elm Street'' for example but ''The Mummy'' raises the bar for visual effects in a horror film to an all time high. When you are not getting scared to death by the suspense and horror of the film,
you are dazzled by the amazing special effects which an all new area to the film. For instance, the visual effects that show The Mummy metamorphorsing to it's
true form is not only scary, but fantastic!!! Also the many scenes in the film, like the quicksand scene, and the many scenes
where the dead warriors of the mummy come to life are absolute chilling, because
they brought to life by the special effects. -------------
The Mummy's Success
------------------ The Mummy released in 1999, was a great box office smash which had horror fans going to the movie in great numbers. The film's success lay in combing a good story, along with great effects, and graphic , suspenseful scenes that leave on the edge of youre seat. Eventually, the creators of the Mummy would smell it's success and create a sequel
called ''The Mummy Returns''. The Mummy Returns is a great sequel in which the Mummy is again being revived, along with a strong warrior known as ''The Scorpion King'' All these sequels, couldn't have done been done without this one. The Mummy by Steven Soderbergh is a great horror film full of great suspense and visual effects. The DVD is very well done and is highly recommended. It comes with a featurette, commentary , interviews and a couple of deleted scenes so check out the dvd and the movie.
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Summary: The Mummy
Review: A great adventure movie starring Brendan Frazer and Rachael Weiss. Exceillent CGI and that famous, albeit short, scene involving supermodel Patricia Velasquez covered in little mor than gold paint.
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Summary: Loved it, Loved it, Loved it!!!!
Review: This is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time! It has everything you love in a movie: comdey, romance, action, adventure, special effects, hot guys (Brendan Fraser *faints*), and people with a British accent! Summary: When Evy and her brother, Johnathan, discover the key to an ancient city, they enlist the help of a man who has actually been there, Rick. When they finally reach their destination, they accidently release a deadly mummy who was supposed to sleep forever. With only one goal in mind (to revive his dead love), the mummy will kill anyone who get in his way. Evy, Rick, and Johnathan must find a way to destory him before he kills everyone. I loved the comedy in this movie. My favorite lines were: Beni: Hey, O'Connell! It looks to me like I've got all the horses!
Rick: Hey, Beni! Looks to me like you're on the wrong side of the river! Rick: *standing on a burning boat with Evy* Can you swim?
Evy: Well of course I can swim if the occasion calls for it!
Rick: Trust me! *picks up Evy* It calls for it! *throws her overboard* I first saw this movie when I was about ten or so, and it scared me a lot! But, if you see it again when your older, thats much better. Full of laughs, fun, and adventure, this is a great movie to have!
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Summary: More Proof That No One Cares About Originality Anymore
Review: This is your basic formulaic adventure comedy done with the mummy theme. It's filled with hackneyed jokes, Hollywood standard characterizations and really bad acting - well, it's Brendan Fraser so I didn't need to explain that. Every 30 seconds Fraser repeats a line or facial gesture that recalls Harrison Ford in "Raiders" so many years ago. This movie is so unoriginal it is appalling. There are some cool special effects but that doesn't justify anything. Also there are 1 or 2 memorable jokes that save the movie from being a zero (neither are Fraser's). I will admit, there is 1 hilarious joke by the Middle Eastern dude that just rocks... otherwise a groan-fest. I'd give it 3 stars if I were 12. Unfortunately I am not. Oh, and the best part is how the hot white girl always knows more about the subject matter than the experts from that region who have been studying it for thousands of years. Good stuff.
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Summary: The Mummy- Entertaining, Funny and Cool
Review: The Mummy was a surprise box-office smash in 1999, it grossed over $400 million worldwide. Writer/director Stephen Sommers soon became noticied, his previous film Deep Rising wasn't much of a hit, he also followed up with a sequel, The Mummy Returns in the summer of 2001.
The Mummy stars Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, John Hannah, Oded Fehr and the very funny Kevin J. O'Conner. Brendan Fraser plays Rick O'Connell, a young soldier who is soon arrested and held in a prison, Weisz plays Evelyn, a librarian who is in search of an adventure, Hannah plays her funny brother, Johnathan. Weisz agrees to pay the prison handler a substantial payment in order to release Fraser, and Fraser is agreeing to lead Weisz into Humanptra, the city of the Dead. The film's prologue starts off with a little lesson about Imhoptep, the Pharoah's high priest, and it explains why he was killed. Soon the film's suspense builds up when Weisz finds the Book of the Dead, and unfortunately reads from it and wakes up Imhotep. The adventure, suspense and intensity begins and Fraser along with his friends must stop Imhotep from becoming invincible.
The film does stay reasonably close to the story of the original 1932 Boris Karloff classic, The Mummy. Though critics didn't really relish it, it did succeed at the box-office and was a huge hit of 1999. The real highlights of the movie would have to be the action sequences, that's what the film really is about: ACTION and lots of it. The visual and special effects were also superb, specifically the sequence with sandface and plane. This film was also suprisingly humorous, Kevin J. O'Conner plays Benny, Rick's friend along with John Hannah, Weisz's brother in the film. I actually though Fraser was able to pull of the lead role, I never really pictured him as a hero especially of an action flick, one who saves the day so to speak
but he does it well, he's charming, cunning and handsome. Weisz who was a bit of an unknown then, quickly gained her fame and soon appeared in a lot of other movies. Also Oded Fehr who plays a Medjai warrior comes in of some assistance, he's perfect for his role for he's handsome, strong and cunning. And as for writer/director Stephen Sommers, he quickly was on the rode to stardom, he has a new film in progress called Van Helsing which looks pretty neat, comes out May 7th, 2004, and interestingly enough The Mummy came out on May 7th, 1999 so just about the same time.
The Mummy is rated PG-13 for Pervasive Adventure Violence and Some Partial Nudity. The violence is just about non-stop, despite the film's gory premise, the movie isn't really over-the-top or horribly gruesoming. The violence includes lots of bloodless gunplay, fistfights, swordplay and other mayhem. There is partial nudity, which is fairly revealing. Not really any profanity, though this film might not be too good for young children because they're are a few frightening images, such as the scareb beetles, the mummies which are monster-like, etc.
All in all this film is fairly silly, but still is works well on its own. It's cool, action-packed and funny, a great film and not a bad pick to own on Video or DVD, preferrably the special edition.
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Summary: SOOOOOOOO AWESOME!
Review: THIS MOVIE IS GREAT! AN ACTION PACKED, THRILLER!
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ROMANCE, ACTION, AND HUMOR, PACKED INTO ONE HUGE MOVIE, GET THIS DVD!
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Summary: Nice, tremendously fun movie
Review: A tremendously enjoyable movie with plenty of cool action sequences. Not for someone looking for a scare. More for people who are looking for fun.
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Summary: oh how I just hate this movie
Review: you cant imagine howmany times my aunt Julie loves these movies, I mean I get bored with them easily because they have no great moments in them...horrible....I swear to god if I have to sit threw this movie one of frickin' time I am going to hurl....seriously...its just a brainnumber with a barely believeable premise...not much fun and by god...the effects in this movie are hogwash...dont waste your time with this forgettable tomb
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Summary: brenda ain't no indiana jones
Review: this is a boring atempt to make an indiana jones movie it fails at trying to make classic one liners and brendon fraiser aint no indiana jones.......
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Summary: Nice Cartoon
Review: This would've made a nice cartoon. As a movie--nuh uh.
Too hokey the way they did it. WAAAAAAYYYYY too hokey.
Oh, and the 25 year old Playboyesque hottie as the "archaeologist"---oh yeah, that's believable. Like I said, it's a cartoon. Not a movie.
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