![]() There are, of course, some great fight scenes, a few knock-your-socks-off effects and the talented cast. Sometimes even the special effects, the so-called USP, look unpolished and cartoon-ish. Instead, the film seems to be in a hurry to finish, the storytelling is sloppy and the gross overload of FX undermines the film. The elements that made the first film such a hoot - the character development, a well-structured story and the pacing - have gone out the window in this sequel. Ringing like its predecessor did, and for good reasons, too. This film isn't going to set the cash counters The film making it a blockbuster worldwide. They did that unabashedly with 'The Mummy' two years ago, but audiences embraced The Mummy was written and directed by Stephen Sommers, whose previous cinematic journeys into the past include The Jungle Book and The Adventures Of Huck Finn.Critics love to bash the 'popcorn' genre of all flash and no substance films. The team starts to dig, hoping to find lost riches, but instead they disturb the tomb of Imhotep, and soon the cursed priest rises from his grave to wreck vengeance on humanity. In 1925, a band of adventurers seeking fame and fortune - led by Rick O'Connel (Brendan Fraser), an American expatriate who has joined the foreign legion, and Evelyn Carnarvon (Rachel Weisz), an amateur archeologist - find a previously unknown burial site in Egypt. Driven mad by jealousy and love, Imhotep murdered the Pharaoh, and his punishment was to be buried alive and suffer the torment of an eternal life in his wretched tomb. However, Imhotep made one terrible mistake - he became smitten with Anck-Su-Namun, the mistress of the Pharaoh himself. Loosely adapted from the classic 1932 horror film starring Boris Karloff, The Mummy is set in Egypt, where over 3,000 years ago the high priest Imhotep (played by Arnold Vosloo) was given the all-important assignment of preparing the recently dead for their journey into the afterlife. ![]()
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