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If you like non-stop action and mountainous special effects then ‘The Mummy Returns’ is worth watching. Wrestling fans will be contented to gawk ‘The Rock’ cast as the Scorpion King. Female fans of Oded Fehr, the Israeli actor, will be gratified to seek him cast again as the dashing Egyptian horseman and fighter Ardeth Bay.
Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser) and Evie (Rachel Weisz) are married in this sequel and have a young son who does a helpful job of keeping the villains on their toes. Evie is supposed to be a reincarnation of Nefertiti, the Pharaoh’s daughter. Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), the Pharaoh’s high priest, and Anck-Su-Namun (Patricia Velazquez), the priest’s paramour, are brought support to life to fight the Scorpion King and capture control of the army of Anoubis, the murky god of the underworld.
Some movie buffs have expressed reservations about the historical inaccuracies in both ‘The Mummy’ and ‘The Mummy Returns’. However, these inaccuracies are not offensive to Egyptian Culture. This movie is merely a work of fiction. Some scenes and dialogs may seem to be cliched. Several scenes are a rehash of ‘The Mummy’. The characters in the movie jokingly admit to the ’same primitive kill of the world’ area.
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Even with all its cliches, this movie is worth watching.
Anyone looking for a “big” movie will probably be disappointed, but anyone looking for sheer fun will probably be more than blissful. Director Steven Sommers took his delightful 1999 movie “The Mummy” and expanded it out to an myth scale. The action picks up 10 years after the original; tomb raiders Evelyn and Rick O’Connell (now married, with 8-year-old child Alex in tow) eye another Egyptian artifact (the bracelet of the legendary Scorpion King) that unleashes yet another pain to the world, and once again, Evie and Rick have to close it.
A contingent of poor guys, however, want in on the action, and they raise Imhotep (the mummy from the first movie) because he’s the only one strong enough to lift on the Scorpion King. The awful guys are led by a woman named Meela, who claims to be the reincarnation of Anck-Su-Namun, Imhotep’s long-lost forbidden treasure.
Sommers cleverly adds an expanded backstory to the main characters from the earlier film, and while some of it stretches the imagination– it seems like every character is a reincarnation of someone else– it’s executed in a mostly fun and believable design. In particular, the development of an frail rivalry between Evelyn and Meela is fabulously well-done, adding remarkable dimension to the reasons for Imhotep’s improper punishment in the first film. Arnold Vosloo was enormous in “The Mummy,” but now, teamed up with his long-lost adore, he’s a thousand times more fun– creepier, smarter, and yet at times endearingly vulnerable.
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Mystical warrior Ardath Bay (the very hot Oded Fehr) also has an expanded role in this film, and helps ground viewers when they are faced with things like multiple reincarnations and hoardes of screaming pygmy mummies. Fehr brings exactly the correct touches of appeal, swashbuckling stir, and “exotic” Middle Eastern mystery to the role.
A surprising amount of care seems to have been given to the supporting characters; they have impartial enough depth but not too much: Evie’s brother Jonathan is befriend, providing powerful of the comical relief (but he also has some incredible moments of heroism) ; runt Alex is fun and resourceful without being overly precocious. Special care seems to have been taken with the villains: they are by turns menacing, comic, and *smart*, often a rare thing in the action/ adventure genre. In particular, Bay’s rival Lock Nah is well-written and well-acted.
The script isn’t exactly Shakespeare, but it’s hasty, humorous, and (mostly) makes sense. The action sequences are spectacularly well-choreographed, and of course, the special effects are impressive. Sommers also allows some astounding moments of human emotion: the sexual chemistry between Evie and Rick (ditto Meela and Imhotep) ; Jonathan’s difficulty for his sister and nephew; Evie and Rick’s care for for their son; Bay’s distress for his friends (and his mammoth affection for his extraordinary hawk) . These minute touches create the contrast between a mindless action flick, and something that really stays with you after the credits roll.
Oddly enough, the much-touted presence of WWF star “The Rock” as the Scorpion King turns out to be almost negligible: it’s a cameo that mostly sets up his bear narrative “The Scorpion King,” due out in 2002. The dependable heart of this movie are the Evelyn-Rick and Imhotep- Anck-Su-Namun fancy stories. Without these and the other mountainous characters from “Mummy Returns,” it’s hard to imagine that the next movie in this franchise could possibly top this one.
So if you’re looking for something astronomical, rent “Lawrence of Arabia.” If you’re looking for a highly palatable popcorn flick, “The Mummy Returns,” should fit the bill perfectly.
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