Unfortunately the film-makers decided to put a kid into the proceedings, and Freddie Boath plays an irritating public school brat of a boy you'll be praying for him to get his head lopped off or at the very least lose an arm during the proceedings, but to no avail. It's all wonderfully stupid, and the script is a real clunker this time around. I won't talk about the plot – suffice to say the action shifts from Egypt to London and then finally back to Egypt again.
Despite the overlong running time, THE MUMMY RETURNS provides adequate entertainment for those in a forgiving mood. It's certainly more fun than the first film, as everything's settled down a little and there are no hopes waiting to be dashed. It's packed with preposterous special effects and some awful acting, but despite these things, I couldn't help but enjoy it a little. Loud, brash, and resolutely dumb, this is a film that requires you to leave your brain outside the door before sitting down to watch. THE MUMMY made a whole heap of cash at the box office, so the big wigs ordered more of the same, and what we get is THE MUMMY RETURNS. In all respects it's a direct continuation of the first in the series, with the viewpoint of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
I wasn't a major fan of the first MUMMY film so it took me six years to finally bother watching this sequel – when I happened to catch it on television. The only other sequel that I have seen that is more of the same yet lives up exactly to the standard of its original is Home Alone 2:Lost in New York. All in all, a fun sequel, that shows that more of the same can actually work.
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Plus Freddie Boath is perfectly tolerable as Alexander, and John Hannah is fine too, same with Allun Armstrong of all people. The other performances are fine too, Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are both charming in the lead roles, and Patricia Velasquez is just beautiful beyond words as Meela Nais/Arnk Su Namun. Although he isn't given as much to do, Arnold Vosloo still impresses as Imhotep, who I admit I did find scary in the original, not so much here, but Vosloo's performance is great. The visuals are very impressive, and the music score, this time by Alan Silvestri is very effective, though I do prefer the Goldsmith. But it does have a sense of unpretentious fun, and that is great to see. Of course the sequel does have flaws, the plot isn't quite as strong as the one in the original, the scorpion king was a bit of a disappointment(he could've been designed better) and again like the original it is overlong. Both the original and this are great fun and completely likable.
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