Movie: ?The Mummy Returns? Essay, Research Paper
The film: “The Mummy Returns”
A full scale re-imaging of Universals Pictures seminal 1932 film , The mummy is a
rousing , humorous, suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure
seeking explorers in the Sahara desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the
hunters set loose a 3000 year old legacy of terror, which is embodied in a vengeful
reincarnation of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced to an eternity as one of the
living dead.
The Mummy Returns is a continuation to the original Mummy. This film stars the
same cast as the first Mummy except the couples young son played by Freddie Boath. In
this film the special effects are great. With all the mummies that are created and the way
that they are visually shown on the screen is a master piece. The Scorpion King played by
Dwayne Johnson is a new character added to this film too. This movie was very comical
in ways also. Every fight scene had some kind of comical content in it .
The movie started out by Brendan Fraser and his wife in the film Rachel Weisz
and son in a tomb looking for hidden treasures. They found the vault of the Scorpion
King
in this tomb. Rachel Weisz shows flashbacks of her former life in this scene of the movie.
She was a Kings daughter that was the protect
the scorpion Kings bracelet in it. They take it home and there son Freddie Boath puts it
on
and awakes the Scorpion King. If not taken off within 7 days he would be sucked dry of
the air he was breathing. At the same time the original mummy was being brought back to
life so he could fight the Scorpion King and become ruler of the army and take over the
world. The movie continues on with adventures that bring the mummy and Brendan
Fraser and his family in great fight scenes that include great special effects. With the days
slipping away they find the tomb to where they have to go and Fraser and the mummy
have to fight it out with the Scorpion King. However, the Scorpion King wins controls his
army and can do what ever he wants with them. Holding true to form the good guys wins
and Fraser sends the army back to the under world and saves the world and his family
again.
This film contained a lot of visual master pieces. The computer generated affects
that were created, made this film. When I look at this film I would recommend it to
anyone who wanted to see a comical and some what tragic film. There is a lot of fighting
but there are no gory killings. This movie is for any age group depending of the parents
advice.
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