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The Mummy Returns
2001
Flanked by fabulous computer-generated battle scenes that would make BRAVEHEART proud, THE MUMMY RETURNS is a fast-paced sequel that surpasses the 1999 original, both directed by Stephen Sommers. Virtually the entire cast has come back for another exciting go-round, this time trying to prevent Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) from .. Read more
| Starring | Brendan Fraser, John Hannah, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo |
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| Director | Stephen Sommers |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller |
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The Mummy Returns
Flanked by fabulous computer-generated battle scenes that would make BRAVEHEART proud, THE MUMMY RETURNS is a fast-paced sequel that surpasses the 1999 original, both directed by Stephen Sommers. Virtually the entire cast has come back for another exciting go-round, this time trying to prevent Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) from gaining control of the Bracelet of Anubis and taking on the Scorpion King (the Rock) for control of the world. But to gain that power, Imhotep and his vicious true love, Anck-Su-Namun (Patricia Velasquez), must get to the Oasis of Ahm Shere before Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser), his wife Evie (Rachel Weisz), their son Alex (Freddie Boath), the mysterious Ardeth Bay (Oded Fehr), and Evie's brother Jonathan (John Hannah, who provides much of the comic relief). Set in 1933, THE MUMMY RETURNS combines elements of the STAR WARS and INDIANA JONES films in letting loose a scintillating thrill-ride of a movie, chock-full of terrific special effects and marvelous locations (Morocco, Jordan, London), erupting in a spirited tale of flight and fantasy, sword and sorcery. The addition of Freddie Boath to the cast increases the suspense as well as the comedy--his scenes with the evil Lock-Nah (fiercely played by OZ veteran Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) are among the best in the film.
| Starring | Brendan Fraser, John Hannah, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, Freddie Boath, Oded Fehr, Dwayne Johnson |
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| Director | Stephen Sommers |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 9 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 9 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Big Adventures |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Dutch, English, Hindi |
| Released | DVD: 07 Jul 2003 Blu-ray: 01 Dec 2008 HD DVD: 07 May 2006 Production year: 2001 |
| Format | DVD |
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You have to admire them for getting a sequel into the cinemas just two years after the first Mummy became the surprise hit of “Phantom Menace summer” in 1999. And that's with all the key cast reunited under the direction of Stephen Sommers. This sense of continuity pulls the franchise in line with the Indiana Jones films, to which this owes so much with its tomb-raiding themes, period colour and deft mix of comedy and action. To praise it faintly as more of the same does a disservice to the slick bravado of Sommers and the technical wizardry of Industrial Light and Magic, who created the screen-dominating CGI effects. If you liked The Mummy's old-fashioned thrills and state-of-the-art digital monsters, you won't go home short-changed — indeed, there's an army of dog-like Anubis warriors that stretches as far as the eye can see. (If only David Lean had had a laptop.) And Rachel Weisz has been unashamedly sexed up for those who get a kick out of gold bikinis and girl-fighting.
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Woefully unimaginative adventure that is no more than an overblown Saturday morning serial; it shuffles musty narrative artifices, mainly derived from pulp fiction of eighty years ago, and downplays the Mummy in favour of unexciting computer-generated ef
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superb
this sequel film to 'The Mummy' is superb. The story is set in 1933, approximately 10 years after the events of the first film.
Rick O'Connell is now married to Evelyn, and the couple have settled in London,where they are raising their 8-year-old son Alex. The Benbridge Scholars who in the first film had no time for Evie, now want her to run the London British Museum of Antiquities.
When a chain of events, finds the resurrected corpse of Imhotep, by a mysterious woman called Meela, who is armed with the knowledge of centuries, in the British Museum, the mummy Imhotep walks the earth once more, determined to fulfill his quest for immortality.
But another force has also been set loose in the world. one born of the darkest rituals, of ancient Egyptian mysticism, and even more powerful than Imhotep.
Imhotep and Meela have one goal: to defeat the scorpion king played by The Rock, and use his army to destroy mankind.
During the Egyptian New Year, Evie begins having dreams about ancient Egypt, which lead her straight to the Bracelet of Anubis.
Meela's henchmen come for the bracelet, but Ardeth Bey reappears as well, and joins the O'Connell's and Jonathan, in the battle ahead.
Ardeth explains about the legend, the mythos, and the problem of the scorpion king.
Alex puts on the bracelet, and is kidnapped by Imhotep's henchmen.
Now it becomes a race against time, to get to the oasis of Ahm Shere, because when these two evil forces clash, the fate of the world will hang in the balance, sending the O'Connells on a desperate race to save the world from unspeakable evil, and to rescue their son before it is too late.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
The Mummy Returns.
THE MUMMY RETURNS and so do the same actors - All cast members are good at being light, including John Hannah (once again playing the likeable dope, this time at the wheel of a careering Routemaster bus) and the picture is certainly high on energy and fun, The mummy is on the rampage again, not as entertaining as the first. This film is listed as a horror however it’s not very scary.
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Mummy still dear to Bello
- 11 Mar 2008
Rachel Weisz's replacement in the latest installment for The Mummy adventure franchise has reportedly told MTV that there will "absolutely" be a fourth film to follow the upcoming The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Movie mag Empire says Maria Bello - who takes on Weisz's role as plucky Egyptologist Evelyn O'Connell in the new movie - told the music station that at least one more tale of derring do against the ancient undead will be on the way. The magazine says Bello is signed up... Read more
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