
The Mummy Returns
Taste attributes: actionadventurefantasyhistoricalfastfresh & originallightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemanding
"The most powerful force on earth is about to be unleashed by the two people who should know better."
Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, sweeping fantasy film, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
Taste details
Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.3 /10
TMDB · 5,425 votes
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
Rick and Evelyn O’Connell, along with their 8-year-old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King’s might: the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and isn’t above kidnapping its new bearer, Alex, to gain control of Anubis’s otherworldly army.
Synopsis: TMDB
Characteristics
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Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Alphaville Films
- Taste scores
- How we score
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