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The Mummy Returns (Widescreen Collector's Edition)

starring: Donna Air, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alun Armstrong, Freddie Boath, Bruce Byron

: The Mummy Returns (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783248899
Format: Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 078324889X
Label: Universal Pictures
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 02, 2001
Running Time: 130 minutes
Sales Rank: 11435
Studio: Universal Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2001



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Amazon.com:
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



Customer Reviews
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - wrapped very tight
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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The Mummy Returns (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent HD Upgrade
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Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - How come there weren't any leprechauns or androids?

A lot of people criticized the acting of the little kid in "The Mummy Returns". I think the ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Good Enjoyable Movie!
I enjoyed this movie as it is fun and easy to watch without being so serious. Lots of action, and the ... Read More

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