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by the AGW Review Crew
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Lynn.b of our Hollywood Preview crew went to a screening of a new adventure film. Here's the scoop on: THE MUMMY RETURNS Brendan Fraser was trashed in this film! Injuries included a blown knee, dislocated disk in his back and broken ribs…and he's still friendly with his director (Stephen Sommers). "Hey, it's hard to keep up with the guy", says Fraser. Leading lady Rachel Weisz and "bad girl" Patricia Velasquez had to learn some challenging martial arts for their fight scenes and they all had to deal with "The Rock"! The Mummy Returns is one action-packed smack down!
On a dig, Evelyn and Rick find the Scorpion King's bracelet and, when curious Alex puts it on in London, he's the target for the resurrected Imhotep, his reincarnated girlfriend Anck-Su-Namun (Patricia Velasquez) and the shady curator of the British Museum all of whom want to conquer the world by raising and controlling the long-buried army of Anubis and killing the Scorpion King! Whew!
Director/Writer Stephen Sommers vowed to top himself in this remake and, visually, he succeeds. Incredible effects by George Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic include an entire army of giant dog-faced Anubis clones, a creepy horde of cannibal pygmies, a wild escape from a wall of water in a hot air balloon and fabulous ancient Egyptian vistas.
Sommers resurrects a bit more of the original Karloff Mummy storyline in this sequel by including more than one woman who is the reincarnation of an Egyptian princess and, in one of the rare, character-driven scenes, we see true love (Rick and Evelyn) versus every man (or gal) for themselves as Anck-Su…whatever betrays her lover Imhotep when the chips are down. It's refreshing to see strong female characters who can kick butt and save (or not save) their men. The Mummy Returns is a chocked-full-o-action popcorn flick that combines scepters of Osiris, bracelets of Anubis and effects of computer in an eye-popping adventure that doesn't require much character development to entertain. If Sommer's summer faire fails at anything, it's in trying to combine so much action and eye-candy with a complicated story that is a bit confusing. All-in-all, if you go for the spectacle, you'll enjoy unwrapping this new mummy.
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It's
1933, eight years since adventurer and legionnaire Rick O'Connell
(Brendan Fraser) and librarian slash Egyptologist Evelyn (Rachel Weisz)
fought the resurrected mummy Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo). The couple is
now married and has a bright 8-year-old son named Alex (Freddie Boath).
Evelyn has been having strange, vivid dreams of ancient Egypt. We
learn about the powerful Scorpion King (The Rock) who, 5,000 years
ago, promised his soul to the God Anubis for military victories. He
and his army have been frozen in time waiting to return. 
Alex
is kidnapped and Rick, Evelyn and her inept brother Jonathan (John
Hannah) are off to various Egyptian ruins to find the Scorpion King's
lair and rescue the boy before the bracelet destroys him. They are
aided by Ardeth Bay (Oded Fehr) the mysterious leader of the Medjai
(defenders of all things good) from the first film. Bay knows that
it's Rick's destiny to save the world and triumph. After wild action,that
includes everything from Evelyn and Anck-Su-Namun in hand-to-hand
combat to a battle with vicious pygmy skeletons and an escape in a
hot air balloon, the good guys find and confront both Imhotep and
the Scorpion King in a final battle over the future of the world.
Everyone
from the first film is back and in top form. There is a great girlfight
scene with knives and tridents between the buff Rachel Weisz and Patricia
Velasquez that's fun to watch and so many sword fights and shoot-outs
that the complicated story takes a back seat. Fans of "The Rock"
might be a bit disappointed that their hero is only in a few scenes
at beginning and end of this epic (and his last appearance is computer-generated
and well….weird) BUT, he'll soon be back in his own spin-off film
as the Scorpion King so take heart. 
