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The Mummy Returns (2001)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Brendan Fraser Richard O'Connell
Rachel Weisz Evelyn Carnahan O'Connell/Princess Nefertiri
Donna Air
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Lock-Nah
Alun Armstrong Baltus Hafez
Freddie Boath Alexander O'Connell
Bruce Byron
Joe Dixon
Oded Fehr Ardeth Bay
Tom Fisher
John Hannah Jonathan Carnahan
Arnold Vosloo High Priest Imhotep
The Rock Mathayus the Scorpion King
Patricia Velasquez Meela Nais/Anck Su Namun
Movie Details
Genre Action; Adventure; Fantasy
Director Stephen Sommers
Producer Sean Daniel; James Jacks
Writer Stephen Sommers
Cinematography Adrian Biddle
Musician
Studio Universal Studios
Language English
Audience Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time 130
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
Proving that bigger is rarely better, The Mummy Returns serves up so much action and so many computer-generated effects that it quickly grows exhausting. In his zeal to establish a lucrative franchise, writer-director Stephen Sommers dispenses with such trivial matters as character development and plot logic, and charges headlong into an almost random buffet of minimum story and maximum mayhem, beginning with a prologue establishing the ominous fate of the Scorpion King (played by World Wrestling Federation star the Rock, in a cameo teaser for his later starring role in--you guessed it--The Scorpion King). Dormant for 5,000 years, under control of the Egyptian god Anubis, the Scorpion King will rise again in 1933, which is where we find The Mummy's returning heroes Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, now married and scouring Egyptian ruins with their 8-year-old son, Alex (Freddie Boath).

John Hannah (as Weisz's brother) and Oded Fehr (as mystical warrior Ardeth Bay) also return from The Mummy, and trouble begins when Alex dons the Scorpion King's ancient bracelet, coveted by the evil mummy Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), who's been revived by... oh, but does any of this matter? With a plot so disposable that it's impossible to care about anything that happens, The Mummy Returns is best enjoyed as an intermittently amusing and physically impressive monument of Hollywood machinery, with gorgeous sets that scream for a better showcase, and digital trickery that tops its predecessor in ambition, if not in payoff. By the time our heroes encounter a hoard of ravenous pygmy mummies, you'll probably enjoy this movie in spite of itself. --Jeff Shannon

Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Collection Status In Collection
Purchase Price $12.98
Links Amazon US
The Mummy Returns at Movie Collector Connect
Amazon US
Edition Details
Edition Full Screen Collector's Edition
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio 1.33:1
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
Barcode 025192137921
Release Date 10/2/2001
Subtitles English; English (Closed Captioned)
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
No. of Disks/Tapes 2
Extra Features
Exclusive Interview with The Rock Spotlight On Location: The Making Of The Mummy Returns Visual and Special Features Formation Feature Commentary Outtakes Live's Forever May Not Be Long Enough Music Video Egyptology 201 Theatrical Trailer DVD-ROM Features: The Mummy PC Game Demo and Screen Savers …And Much More!