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Mummy Returns, The (2001) Rank 3 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Mummy Returns, The (2001) a score of 2.5646 out of 4
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Mummy Returns, The (2001) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Matt's Movie Reviews (Matt Easterbrook)Matt's Movie Reviews (Matt Easterbrook)
Mummy Returns, The (2001) scores a combined 3.07 out of 4 stars for Popcorn Pictures ReviewPopcorn Pictures Review
Existing only because Universal wanted to milk more money as opposed to telling a decent story, The Mummy Returns is pretty much the same sort of thing as the original was. Big flashy special effects and action set pieces. Lots of mythology and Egyptian ...read the complete Mummy Returns movie review at Popcorn Pictures Review
Mummy Returns, The (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Slate (David Edelstein)Slate (David Edelstein)
Actually, most of the scenes with Weisz are the good part. She's newly muscled-up, and she looks rather dishy striding around in her stretchy-tight riding pants or getting chloroformed and carried off by nasty Third World types. The bad parts feature a ...read the complete Mummy Returns movie review at Slate (David Edelstein)
Mummy Returns, The (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for USA TODAYUSA TODAY
There'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 ...read the complete Mummy Returns movie review at USA TODAY
Mummy Returns, The (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Just what audiences needed this year. Faster-paced and twice as much action as the original. ...read the complete Mummy Returns movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Mummy Returns, The (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
a strong sequel and one that seems to know when it wants to thrill you and when it wants to have fun ...read the complete Mummy Returns movie review at watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
Mummy Returns, The (2001) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Matinee Magazine (Joshua Vasquez)Matinee Magazine (Joshua Vasquez)
Sommers allows both The Mummy and The Mummy Returns , at their best, to be nothing more than they need be, Saturday afternoon adventures grinning madly as they make a frenzied dash into the past. ...read the complete Mummy Returns movie review at Matinee Magazine (Joshua Vasquez)
Mummy Returns, The (2001) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Variety (Todd McCarthy)Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Virtually 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. ...read the complete Mummy Returns movie review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Mummy Returns, The (2001) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Both 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. ...read the complete Mummy Returns movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Mummy Returns, The (2001) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Bob Longino)Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Bob Longino)
Mummy Returns, The (2001) scores a combined 2.68 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
Sommers 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. ...read the complete Mummy Returns movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
Mummy Returns, The (2001) scores a combined 2.68 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
So gleefully abandons any semblance of sanity that it's virtually impossible not to enjoy the sheer breadth of nonsensical fun taking place on screen. ...read the complete Mummy Returns movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)