I'm certain that the original Mummy was built for sequels in mind, but there's honestly no reason for this movie to exist other than for it to be a cash grab, which this was. Ardeth leaves and regroups with the Medjai in case the Army of Anubis rises. Seeing this, Imhotep pleads for Anck-su-namun to do the same, but she abandons him. The three thieves, horrified at the sight of that dead man, scream and fire their guns at the mummy, which has no effect on Imhotep, who simply stands there laughing. The OConnells have reached a temple along the banks of the Nile where Evelyn seeks the Bracelet of Anubis, the emblem of the Scorpion King. [7] Moreover, it surpassed Hannibal to have the highest opening weekend for a 2001 film, joining Monsters, Inc., Rush Hour 2 and Planet of the Apes to become one of the only four films of that year to make $60 million in their first three days of release. Inside the pyramid, Hafez uses the bracelet to conjure Anubis' army, which appears outside of the Oasis. Filming & Production Anck Su Namun, New 4K UHD Movies in June 2023: Upcoming 4K Releases on Blu-ray. Catholic boys' school in London. For the most part, it's the same characters from the original doing the same thing over again. 2001.1080p. The other two, distraught at what has happened, begin to fire at the mummy in vengeance but are killed off as well. Review Revue: Can Mummy 3 or Swing Vote Beat the Bat? The Mummy Returns (2001) - IMDb That's probably three more than anyone should ever do in a month, much less a year. While Red goes after Rick and Evelyn, Spivey and Jacques stay behind to look for other artefacts. The Mummy Returns PG-13 2001, Adventure/Action, 2h 9m 46% Tomatometer 141 Reviews 63% Audience Score 250,000+ Ratings What to know Critics Consensus In The Mummy Returns, the special effects. Before I so rudely interrupted myself, I was trying to make the point that this movie doesn't hold up as well as the original. Subscription name: subscribe. Mumiyata wide, Release Date (Streaming): Action, This time, the Mummy has to defeat the Scorpion King (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) to get control of his army and take over the world. The Scorpion King interrupts Rick and Imhotep's fight and is revealed to have become a half-human half scorpion monster. They find Anck-Su-Namun and Jonathan decides to fist-fight with Anck-Su-Namun in order to "teach her a lesson"; Jonathan is actually distracting Anck-Su-Namun from watching over the Book of the Dead and its key, which she has left behind as she fights Jonathan off, punching him hard. The choice is yours." Though thousands of years have passed since the fall of the Scorpion King, history has a way of repeating itself. While recovering, Rick and Evelyn begin to kiss much to Alex disgust, and he walks to another side of the bus. Adventure, Anck-su-namun, Imhotep, and Hafez then arrive and kill Evelyn before entering the pyramid. Imhotep tells Meela that the time has come for her to resume being who she truly is, and places Meela in a trance that brings her back to her previous life as Anck-Su-Namun; the trance also affects Evelyn O'Connell, who is in a dirigible that is tracking the cultists, and so both women enter a trance that shows them their past lives. Stephen Sommers, Release Date (Theaters): That's not the only problem. Jonathan tries to help Evelyn by stopping Anck-Su-Namun, but is quickly deterred as Imhotep lifts him by his throat and throws him aside. DTS GOD, the.-mummy.-returns.-2001.1080p.-blu-ray.x-265.-hevc.-dts-god, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, The.Mummy.1999.1080p.BluRay.x265.HEVC.DTS-GOD.mp4, The.Mummy.Returns.2001.1080p.BluRay.x265.HEVC.DTS-GOD.mp4, The.Mummy.Tomb.Of.The.Dragon.Emperor.2008.1080p.BluRay.x265.HEVC.DTS-GOD.mp4, The.Mummy.1999.1080p.BluRay.x265.HEVC.DTS-GOD.mkv, The.Mummy.Returns.2001.1080p.BluRay.x265.HEVC.DTS-GOD.mkv, The.Mummy.Tomb.Of.The.Dragon.Emperor.2008.1080p.BluRay.x265.HEVC.DTS-GOD.mkv, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). Evelyn knows about the temple and how to access the Bracelet from visions that she has been having. When a chain of events finds the corpse of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) resurrected, the O'Connells go on a desperate race to save the world from unspeakable evil and to rescue their son before it is too late. As she stands there, she sees Anck-Su-Namun kiss, Imhotep. The Egyptian deserts were filmed at the spectacular Erg Chebbi Dunes at Merzouga, about 30 miles south of Erfoud in Morocco. Meaning that if the O'Connell's got married right away and had Alex immediately he would have been born late 1926, or sometime in 1927, making his age 6 or maybe 7 years old. Overcome with horror, Nefertiri inadvertently leans too far over the edge of the balcony and falls to her death. And this is strange in that I liked the original movie more despite having less memories of it when I watched it in theaters when I was 11 than I do this one. Jonathan quickly catches up while Risk takes the precaution of throwing a lit stick of dynamite at the cannibals, which they catch and fight over before it explodes, tearing the fallen log in two and casting the pygmies down into a canyon. Coming Soon, Regal The Mummy Returns movie review (2001) | Roger Ebert The excavators are paid by a cult lead by Baltus Hafez, curator of the British Museum. See Also: Top 10 Fun Facts About Istanbul. Rick tells Ardeth to lighten up and everyone enters the car and race to the museum to save Evelyn. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. Stephen Sommers, Producer: O'Connell and Ardeth Bay escape with Evelyn, unknown to them Jonathan has broken the key to Rick car and has somehow taken a bus to help them escape. As the vision continues it is revealed that one day, for the entertainment of Seti and his courtiers, Nefertiri and Anck-Su-Namun duel in the royal court with sais, but quickly move on to other weapons before Nefertiri is eventually brought to heel by Anck-Su-Namun. I mean, clearly, he's still active, it's just that this was the peak of his career in terms of being a major box office star. The best advice I can give you is to wait a while before you watch this after watching the original. Rick and Alex set out to rescue Evelyn with the help of her brother Jonathan, who had gotten his hands on a mysterious golden scepter, and the Medjai Ardeth Bay, who has returned to help them. Over half of those being the really terrible CG scorpion at the climax of the film. Share to Twitter. The Mummy Returns Official Trailer #1 - Brendan Fraser Movie (2001) HD The scene then turns to an excavated Hamunaptra. Mainly, I feel that the film focuses too much on the action rather than the horror that the first one created. The fight progresses on until Imhotep walks to a side of the loading dock where the urn containing Imhotep's servants is stored: Imhotep opens the jar, unleashing four mummified soldiers, and gives the order to kill off his enemies. 2001 | Maturity Rating: 13+ | 2h 9m | Action. Where Is Alex O'Connell From The Mummy Returns Now? Imhotep and his undead girlfriend, once again, want to take over the world and, to do this, they need to kill the Scorpion King, to take possession of the army that Anubis assigned to the king. They escape the pygmies, who kill all the cult members except for Hafez, Imhotep, and Anck-su-namun. "[12] Charles Taylor of Salon.com was also not impressed, calling The Mummy Returns "everything the first Mummy was fun for not being. Imhotep tricks him into attacking Rick while outside, Ardeth and the Medjai battle Anubis's resurrected army. on the Internet. with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. But the key to the whole plan lies with who has control of the bracelet at the time of The Scorpion King's resurrection. Rick protests this as he does not want to endanger their lives and begins flirting with Evelyn to change her mind. The Mummy Returns 2001 PG-13 2h 10m IMDb RATING 6.4 /10 336K YOUR RATING Rate POPULARITY 1,651 329 Play trailer 1:46 3 Videos 99+ Photos Action Adventure Fantasy The mummified body of Imhotep is shipped to a museum in London, where he once again wakes and begins his campaign of rage and terror. [13], Roger Ebert, who awarded the first film three stars, gave the second film only two, saying that "The mistake of The Mummy Returns is to abandon the characters, and to use the plot only as a clothesline for special effects and action sequences. The Mummy Returns | Universal Monsters Wiki | Fandom The Mummy Returns PS2 GameplayRelease Date: October 3, 2001Platforms: GameBoy, PlayStation 2_____PCSX2 Settings:Rende. As the cultists travel on, Alex is brought forward to Imhotep, for the mummy wishes to speak with Alex. When ancient magic brings Imhotep back to life . Izzy arrives with a modified dirigible and saves the OConnells. Director Stephen Sommers' "The Mummy" was a game-changer when it premiered way back in 1999, for a handful of reasons. Though, of course, if you see the score I gave it, then you can clearly see that this did not get the same score. Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Thriller. But someone else is after the bracelet. Rick and Alex run to the pyramid, barely making it before sunrise. The Mummy Returns - Full Cast & Crew - TV Guide 2001.1080p. Share via email. Ten years after the events of the first film, Rick (Brendan Fraser) and Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) O'Connell are settled in 1935 London, where they are raising their son. This made it the highest Friday and Saturday grosses, surpassing both Toy Story 2 and The Lost World: Jurassic Park respectively. Rick implores Evelyn to escape before it is too late, but she risks her life to pull Rick to safety. Having said all of that, going back to this for the first time since 2001 (2002 at the latest), it makes The Rock's success even more impressive. The Mummy Returns inspired the 2002 . Tracklist: 0:00 - 4:55 The Legend Of The Scorpion King 4:55 - 9:19 Scorpion Shoes 9:19 - 13:41 Imhotep Unearthed 13:41 - 15:07 . [5][6] During its opening weekend, the film made $68.1 million, making it the second-highest opening weekend of all time, only behind The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Meela watches in reverence at having discovered her former lover and Lok Nah uncovers an urn containing Imhoteps mummified soldiers remains. Directed by Stephen Sommers Writing Credits ( WGA) Stephen Sommers . Ardeth duels and kills Lok Nah who is trying to retrieve the bracelet from Alex as it is the key to awakening the Army of Anubis. The review will be kept as is, of course, I don't censor or edit mysef unless I spot grammatical mistakes and then I just fix them. Well, I mean, if you wanna get technical, it was his charisma and his success in the WWF (now WWE) that opened the door for him. A legendary warrior who sold his soul to Anubis was erased from record in the ancient kingdom. I suppose the whole concept of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' was in full effect here, but the fact of the matter is that this is practically the same movie without anything that made the first movie so entertaining. The son of banker father and producer mother, Freddie attends a Overall, although I enjoyed most of the performances, like Fraser and Weisz, I feel that while it's enjoyable and is re-watchable, for me, its only the action sequences that make this worth returning to, rather than the characters, horror and the few yet strong battle scenes from the first film. If they want it, they are going to get it. While Rick embraces and comforts a crying Evelyn, Ardeth urges them not to give up as Alex is wearing the bracelet. Share to Tumblr. Only Meela Nais, ends the dispute by telling Hafez that she should have handled it, Hafez quietly remarks that her history might have become an issue. The train filmed on the Hejaz Railway on the outskirts of Amman in Jordan. HEVC. In The Mummy Returns, the special effects are impressive, but the characters seem secondary to the computer generated imagery. In 1933, Rick O'Connell and his wife Evelyn explore ancient ruins with their son, Alex, finding the Bracelet of Anubis. In "The Mummy Returns," there is a more amazing feat. The Mummy Returns: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on May 1, 2001 by Decca Records. Ardeth then reveals that they have seven days to stop the Scorpion king from rising and the cult intends to resurrect Imhotep as he is the only one strong enough to fight the Scorpion King due to the powers he possesses as a result of the Hom Dai curse and will gain command of Anubis's army. Jonathan lies that Evelyn had gone off to Baden-Baden or Tibet, but this excuse does not register with Meela, who pulls out a venomous Egyptian asp from the basket and brings it closer to Jonathan so that it would bite him. There's a few new additions and none of them really add much to the experience. The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. The OConnells prepare their weapons and Rick and Ardeth leave to save Alex while Jonathan and Evelyn provide cover fire. Nefertiri is evidently dismayed at the fact that Anck-Su-Namun will become her stepmother, but she does not voice any disapproval, most likely knowing that it will amount to nothing. The O'Connell's arrive back to there mansion home in England, with the Bracelet, Evelyn decides to journey to the Lost Oasis of Ahm Shere to find the Scorpion King by using the bracelet as a map. Arriving outside the museum Rick and Ardeth step out to engage the cult, while Alex and Jonathan stay in the car. The film is a sequel to the 1999 film The Mummy. The Mummy Returns PS2 Gameplay HD (PCSX2) - YouTube The cult is attacked by a group of mummified pygmies which are ordained to kill off whatever humans they can catch. Even though he's not on television or at the cinema as much as he once was, it's good to know that Freddie Boath is doing well outside of the entertainment sphere. Adventurer Rick O'Connell once again battles the resurrected mummy in this sequel to the 1999 . However, Rick pleads for his help and Ardeth out of loyalty agrees. Universal Pictures, Production Co: The 2008 DVD release is fully uncut. Like seriousy, I'm not even joking. He fails to take the bracelet off and places a football statue inside the chest and rolls his jacket sleeve down to cover the bracelet. The Mummy movie villains, ranked | SYFY WIRE Petra has been a popular film location in Jordan - and is iconic around the world. It is also revealed that Seti had entrusted Nefertiri with the task of watching over the ancient Bracelet of Anubis, the final remaining artefact of the Scorpion King. wever, Red rushes in telling everyone they need to escape, and they decide to escape as the temple crumbles, but before leaving Jacques kicks the ladder, hes climbing down to prevent Alex from escaping. Rick (Brendan Fraser) and Evelyn O'Connell (Rachel Weisz) is still discovering new artifacts, along with their 8 year old son Alex. The ritual is being performed by the museum curator and cultist leader, Baltus Hafez. And one eight-year-old boy, the O'Connells . The next day [after The Mummy was released], I hear the phone ringing downstairs. Alphaville Films, Anck-su-Namun walks into the pyramid with Imhotep and sardonically waves hello to Alex as she holds the Book of the Dead. Once activated the spear, Jonathan intends to throw it at the Scorpion King, but when he tries, Imhotep catches it and hurls the spear at the Scorpion King himself. Suffers a little from the belief commonly held by sequels that "Bigger is better". I think first things first, if I'm not mistaken, this was The Rock's first major film role. Does expand the mythology (arguably not a positive), but more importantly is still a good time, thanks primarily to the relationship between the Brendan Fraser and Rachael Weisz characters. Anck-Su-Namun Vs Nefertiri | The Mummy Returns (2001) 2008 saw him join the cast of "The Children," and 2009 treated him to an appearance on "The Bill," but he didn't stop there. Watch The Mummy Returns Online | 2001 Movie | Yidio 15 Interesting Facts About Petra - Global Castaway He does the same in this movie, except he creates a massive wave, complete with his face formed in the water, hunting down our leads, who are attempting to escape on a blimp. Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, crowd hair supervisor / crowd makeup supervisor, hair stylist: second unit / makeup supervisor, makeup artist: Mr. Fraser (as Ben Nye Jr.), production manager: Morocco (as Abdelhafed Balafrej), production manager: Jordan (as Munir y Nassar), executive in charge of production (uncredited), art department assistant (as Sarah Stuart), art department assistant / assistant to art director, dubbing supervisor: international versions, special effects supervisor (as Dave Hunter), visual effects supervisor: Matte World Digital, production visual effects supervisor (as John Berton), visual effects producer: Matte World Digital, on-set visual effects production coordinator, digital matte artist: Matte World Digital, motion capture engineer: ILM (as Alex Frazao), visual effects coordinator (as Jeanmarie King), lead technical animator: ILM (as Christopher Mitchell), location matchmove artist: ILM (as Marla Selhorn), computer graphics artist (as Michael Orlando II), computer graphics sequence supervisor: ILM, visual effects producer: Digiscope (as Mary Stuart-Welch), trailer digital effects, Howard Anderson Company (uncredited), digital compositor: Howard Anderson (uncredited), visual effects aerial unit director: ILM (uncredited) / visual effects plate supervisor: ILM (uncredited), assistant visual effects editor (uncredited), digital matte technical support: ILM (uncredited), motion control and digital integration: ILM (uncredited), stunt double: Patricia Velasquez (uncredited) / stunt double: Rachel Weisz (uncredited), stunt double: Brendan Fraser (uncredited), stunt double: Rachel Weisz & Patricia Velasquez (uncredited), stunt double: Brendan Fraser (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited), first assistant camera: "b" camera, main unit, aerial camera operator / aerial director of photography, first assistant camera: aerial unit (as J. Glyn Williams), post-production coordinator (as Steven T. Ellis), location manager: Egypt (as Zaki Abdel Wahab), assistant production coordinator: pre production, assistant: Ms. Weisz (as Sarah Hannam Davies), Italian dubbing: Evelyn Carnahan O'Connell, double: Patricia Velasquez / stand-in: Patricia Velasquez, egyptology consultant (as Dr. Stuart Smith), assistant production coordinator (as Virginia Murray), additional set production assistant (uncredited) / on-set production assistant (uncredited). But the previous film took place mostly in 1926. Just then, a call sounds out, and Hafez exclaims, "We've found him.". Daily Tomato - Can you guess the movie of the day? Actor: The Mummy Returns. Unfortunately, it is too late and the princess watches in horror as Anck-Su-Namun strikes the first blow to her father, stabbing him deeply in the back with a dagger, before joining Imhotep in stabbing the monarch repeatedly until he dies.
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