This rollicking action-adventure double-bill takes inspiration from Boris Karloff’s original Mummy (dir. Karl Freund, 1932) while embracing the fun of its own uniquely late-90s/early ‘00s spirit.
Bounding between comedy-horror and the bygone romanticism of fantasy epics, Brendon Fraser (George of the Jungle, Bedazzled) plays the dashing Rick O’Connell, alongside Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener, The Lobster, Disobedience) as Evelyn, a coy librarian turned Egyptologist.
What follows is a joyously epic meet-cute classic of ancient curses, amateur archaeology and a riot of early CGI effects.
In these two films, director Stephen Sommers (Van Helsing) balanced endearingly goofy chemistry with a blockbuster rush of spectacle to usher in a new era for the ancient undead…