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Release Date: 09 April, 2002 Retail Price: $22.98 OUR Price: $20.68 You SAVE: $2.30! Cast: Complete Cast (9 total) |
The Mummy Collection - The Mummy / The Mummy Returns (Full Screen Edition) Reviews
The Mummy and The Mummy Returns
The popular 1999 remake of the Boris Karlof original THE MUMMY and it's sequel THE MUMMY RETURNS are put together in a nice 2-Disc set that has enough DVD extras to satisfy fans.
Directed by Stephen Sommers (Deep Rising) THE MUMMY is a good-natured adventure in the spirit of Indiana Jones, albeit with a very angry mummy. The story is simalar to that of the original Hammer Horror Mummy movies of the 50's. A team of explorers searching for treasure in the hidden city of Hamunaptra unleash Imhotep, a high priest who goes about consumating a curse on all the people who have desicrated his tomb. It's great fun, and while there are some spooky moments, the general tone is humourous, and Brendan Fraser does the goofy hero thing, which makes it even more light-hearted. That said, it's very silly, but in the Summer when we got THE MATRIX and THE PHANTOM MENACE, this one held it's own to become a big box-office sucess and proved to be popular enough with audiences to warrant a sequel.
The old "Bigger is better" rule was inevitable for the loud, nonsensical sequel THE MUMMY RETURNS. Set 10 years after the first one, this is one of the many sequels that tries to outdo it's predecessor with bigger bad guys and bigger SFX. This one, however is not nearly as fun as THE MUMMY. The characters are good, there are some impressive battle sequences, but the plot is predictable as they come, the special effects range from good to ropey (Scorpion King?) and the inane dialouge gets really tiresome after a while. In short, bigger isn't always better. In fact, it rarely ever is.
Great set, great movies.
For some reason this DVD set has been released in region four before anywhere else and has been on the Australian shelves going on 4 months now. So needless to say I can comment on this set.
The two mummy films 'The Mummy' and 'The Mummy returns' are each fabulous films in there own right. This is due to one simple reason. That is the fabulous mixing of action and comedy that gives the films a lot of their charm.
We meet Rick O'Connoll (Brendan Fraser) in the first film when he is deserted by his legionnaire cronies and finds himself left in the ancient city of Hamunaptra with a mummy waiting to awake. He meets Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and her brother (John Hannah) who rescue him from a hanging as they are in search of the city of the dead. It all goes wrong when in exploring Evee reads from the book of the dead and awakes the Mummy (Arnold Vosloo) who is ready to resurrect his dead love Anuk Sun Amun (Patricia Velasquez) and is reluctant to have anyone stand in their way.
The first film is essentially and action film however it can be enjoyed on a number of levels through the comedy, horror and romantic interludes that director Stephen Sommers ties in to the film. It's great to see such a classic horror character of the Mummy resurrected in a new film and it works so well.
'The Mummy Returns' is exactly that. The Mummy, Prince Ihmotep is resurrected again to hunt and kill The Scorpion King (The Rock) legend says that whoever kills the scorpion king will get to command the armies of the underworld... and therefore take over the world. The film is set 10 years after the first film with Evee and Rick having a young son Alex, who mistakenly puts on the bracelet of anubis which will not only lead him to the scorpion king, but also kill him after one week. This means Rick is faced with a race against time when Alex is kidnapped.
'The Mummy returns' has all the charm of the first film and then some. The action is intensified as is the comedic moments, which makes 'The Mummy Returns' such a fabulous film. Although the film is a sequel it works on its own as well, which allows the audience to engage the 2 films at any times. The only specific difference between the two titles is the first 'Mummy' seems to have more or a 'continuous watchability' it always seems I reach for my 'Mummy: Ultimate Edition' before my 'Mummy Returns' but nevertheless the films are great.
The 2 DVD's are fabulous, the sound and picture are equally brilliant to the quality of the films. In the Australian edition a 35mm film frame was given with the box set allowing it to work as a collector's item. Nevertheless the box set is well worth buying just to sit back and enjoy two modern pieces of cinema, which are fun, entertaining and have great story lines.
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