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80What matters is that the movie's a blast, right up until its protracted climax.
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75There's much mumbo-jumbo about past lives and symbolic tattoos, but who cares when you can gaze at a sight as lovely as a dirigible floating in the night sky?
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70Both pleasantly old-fashioned and packed with up-to-date computer-generated special effects, the film's constant plot turns, cheeky sensibility and omnipresent action sequences have no trouble attracting our attention and holding on.
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70Virtually bursts with visual goodies, and writer-director Stephen Sommers scarcely allows the actors, or the audience, a moment to take a breath during the nonstop action of the final hour.
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67So gleefully abandons any semblance of sanity that it's virtually impossible not to enjoy the sheer breadth of nonsensical fun taking place on screen.
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67Sommers is a pure pop Steven Spielberg who's put his deft technical skills in the service of the ultimate rollercoaster movie ride. It's sometimes more exhausting than exciting.
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63Action junkies may enjoy this non-stop barrage, which barely pauses for anything but the most rudimentary (albeit complicated) plot exposition.
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63The movie resembles a video game in which each victory whisks you to the next level, with slightly different antagonists and a faster pace.
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63Perfectly enjoyable swashbuckling, eye-catching entertainment.
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63Although the sequel retains its predecessor's breezy retro spirit, The Mummy Returns is a mite darker and scarier and the effects a little spiffier.
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60Mostly he's (Fraser) trapped in a sequel that's too wrapped up in a desire to top itself.
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60It's all very impressive without being particularly enthralling.
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58The actors themselves are more rip roaring and full of spunk than in their first outing.
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50The 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.
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50More emphasis on computer-generated gimmickry than on persuasive acting and ideas.
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50The Mummy was certainly no "Raiders," but as far as summer movies go, it was just good enough.
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50Suffers from the bloat common to sequels.
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50If you liked the earlier ''Mummy,'' you'll probably like this one. In fact, at many points you'll probably think you are watching the earlier one.
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50It works its gilded butt off to give you your money's worth.
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50So action-packed from start to finish that the final result is grating rather than thrilling.
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50Everything the first "Mummy" was fun for not being. It's loud and chaotic, jammed with effects that don't wow us precisely because they are trying so hard to wow us.
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50First and foremost a trial run for a Universal Studios ride.
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50The noisome action sequences of The Mummy Returns are preferable to the quiet times, when the cast is limited to spouting dialogue that is a banal combination of exposition and homily.
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50A few billion 1s and 0s in search of a movie.
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40You can't see the movie for the footage, so thick is it with digital tricks and furious action.
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40This frenzied sequel has all of the clank but none of the swank of the previous version.
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38This might all have been silly fun -- as it was in the 1999 version -- except for the carelessness of the whole picture.
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Fraser is likable enough, albeit never quite convincing as an action hero.
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30Many of the visual effects are stunning, but others are downright cheesy -- especially an attempt to fuse the Rock's head onto a scorpion's body.
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20We have to suffer through two hours of this rancid summer cheese.
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20It punishes rather than entertains; it condescends, it offends, it loathes its audience.
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Positive: 15 out of 27
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Mixed: 3 out of 27
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Negative: 9 out of 27
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"The Mummy Returns" returns....This time with terrible acting and a uninspiring plot. Its ultimately your average summer blockbuster.
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10Nice.
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10The mummified body of Imhotep is shipped to a museum in London, where he once again wakes and begins his campaign of rage and terror.