"There is a fine line between
coincidence
and fate" -
The Mummy Returns.
The Mummy Returns: Sequel to
The
Mummy. The plot involves a family (Brendan
Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Freddie Boath) interfering
with the affairs of living and dead Egyptians
and getting into all sorts of jolly japes and
scrapes. Never is their safety seriously in
doubt, but there is the odd twinge of curiosity
as to how the plot will deliver
this
kidnapped female or
that abducted child
from the clutches of the unmenacing villains.
The Mummy Returns contains various
comedy Brits who seem to be there to make the
All-American Hero, complete with a jaw like
a crate, look good. A very strange thing happens
though. The invincible All-American Hero is
not as interesting. His job is to fight, have
angst, and be macho. He's OK but is about the
least watchable thing in
The Mummy Returns.
There is also an annoyingly virtuous Arab character
(Oded Fehr) who tries to convince us that the
All American Hero is a reincarnation of some
ancient Magi. If there was anything less plausible,
I have yet to glance askance at it. It is like
being asked to consider Ronald McDonald to be
a mystic sage.
The baddie girl is a gem in The Mummy Returns.
She is a
yummy mummy! Her first fight
with the good girl, where they in former incarnations
in Ancient Egyptian times, is a blast. They
attack one another with these horrible pointy
dagger things and do it with picturesque gymnastic
rolls and kicks.
The battle of the yummy
mummies! Great stuff! Bravo!!!! Encore!!!!!
Also fun was the the fight between the yummy
mummy and the cowardly chap (John Hannah). When
he actually managed to land a punch and gave
a little pleased smile of surprise, I was deeply
amused. Lovely comic acting by both and nice
script writing!
The special effects were sometimes computery,
especially the huge army of upright dogs, and
often amazing, like the oasis scenes. There
were hundreds of effects, some brilliant, others
cheesy, and I enjoyed them all.
So all in all,
The Mummy Returns
is a fun movie then!
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The Mummy Returns can't
make it's mind up about the villains.
There are no really menacingly evil villains
at all.
Also why did the god remove Imhotep's
powers to allow for mortal combat when
the Scorpion King was armed with bloody
huge claws? And then Imhotep didn't put
up a fight anyway. And where the hell
did Izzy get that fuel for his ballon
from so fast? And how the hell did that
thing whizz throught the air with all
the velocity of a stealth fighter? That's
what I want to know!
But, shockingly, the ending strikes a
surprising note of intelligence and poignancy
regarding the Mummy's demise. I really
did feel for sorry for poor Imhotep as
those little demon bastards attempted
to drag him and our hero to hell. He watched
his enemy be saved by his Mrs and he watched
yet more aghast as his own lover abandoned
him. For one, I think the wrong
man escaped. I absolutely loved this ending
though.
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The Scorpion King meets a giant desert hedgehog
and is eaten! (a desert hedgehog, by the way,
is immune to scorpion stings and noisily munches
them as they sting their noses)
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