The Mummy Returns
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Rick and Evelyn O’Connell, along with their 8-year-old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King’s might: the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and isn’t above kidnapping its new bearer, Alex, to gain control of Anubis’s otherworldly army.
What critics thought
Critics were largely disappointed by the sequel, agreeing that spectacle had swallowed the story whole — the charm and character work that made the original fun replaced by relentless CGI and action padding. Audiences were considerably more forgiving, suggesting the film delivers on a popcorn level that critics refused to grant it.
“The mistake of The Mummy Returns is to abandon the characters, and to use the plot only as a clothesline for special effects and action sequences.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“hollow, lightweight entertainment—not unpleasant, but far from the summer's definitive action/adventure flick”
James Berardinelli·ReelViews
“everything the first Mummy was fun for not being.”
Charles Taylor·Salon.com
“the nonstop action of the final hour”
Variety
Genres
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Stephen SommersDirector
Brendan FraserRick O'Connell
Rachel WeiszEvelyn O'Connell / Nefertiri
John HannahJonathan Carnahan
Oded FehrArdeth Bay
Arnold VoslooImhotep
Patricia VelásquezMeela / Anck-Su-Namun
Freddie BoathAlex O'Connell
Dwayne JohnsonMathayus / The Scorpion King
Alun ArmstrongBaltus Hafez
Adewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeLock-Nah
Shaun ParkesIzzy Buttons
Bruce Byron"Red" Willits
Alan SilvestriComposer
Adrian BiddleCinematographyThe Mummy Returns
Rick and Evelyn O’Connell, along with their 8-year-old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King’s might: the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and isn’t above kidnapping its new bearer, Alex, to gain control of Anubis’s otherworldly army.
What critics thought
Critics were largely disappointed by the sequel, agreeing that spectacle had swallowed the story whole — the charm and character work that made the original fun replaced by relentless CGI and action padding. Audiences were considerably more forgiving, suggesting the film delivers on a popcorn level that critics refused to grant it.
“The mistake of The Mummy Returns is to abandon the characters, and to use the plot only as a clothesline for special effects and action sequences.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“hollow, lightweight entertainment—not unpleasant, but far from the summer's definitive action/adventure flick”
James Berardinelli·ReelViews
“everything the first Mummy was fun for not being.”
Charles Taylor·Salon.com
“the nonstop action of the final hour”
Variety
Genres
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Stephen SommersDirectorBrendan FraserRick O'ConnellRachel WeiszEvelyn O'Connell / NefertiriJohn HannahJonathan CarnahanOded FehrArdeth BayArnold VoslooImhotepPatricia VelásquezMeela / Anck-Su-NamunFreddie BoathAlex O'ConnellDwayne JohnsonMathayus / The Scorpion KingAlun ArmstrongBaltus HafezAdewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeLock-NahShaun ParkesIzzy ButtonsBruce Byron"Red" WillitsAlan SilvestriComposerAdrian BiddleCinematographyStream
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