The Mummy Returns

PG-13

Released May 4, 2001

2 hr. 9 min.

Adventure

Action

Fantasy

List

46%

141 Reviews

Tomatometer

63%

250,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Ten years after the events of the first film, Rick (Brendan Fraser) and Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) O'Connell are settled in 1935 London, where they are raising their son. When a chain of events finds the corpse of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) resurrected, the O'Connells go on a desperate race to save the world from unspeakable evil and to rescue their son before it is too late.

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Critics Consensus

In The Mummy Returns, the special effects are impressive, but the characters seem secondary to the computer generated imagery.

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Madie R

The same great cast returns to once again defeat Imhotep. Everything you loved about the first movie is transferred over to this sequel. It's funny, but the best thing about this movie may be the bad CGI job of the Scorpion King that looks like something out of a video game because the jankiness of the effect is "perfect" for the scene. In fact, the tone of The Mummy Returns is like a live-action cartoon. The subpar CGI may not have been intentional, but all it does is underline the cartoon elements of the sequel.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/24

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Sophia D

"The Mummy Returns" is a movie trying to copy the success as its predecessor but failing miserably. Sure they brought back the same actors and the director but it didn't have the same feel and magic that the original did. Maybe it's the heavy reliance of CGI without a lot of practical that makes it hard to watch, as we know the CGI of the time isn't the flawless technology that we know it as today. There are a lot of plot holes that just don't make sense. I understand a lot of motivations but there are some story elements added that completely change the context of the original movie and was never mentioned before. I will say the chemistry between Fraser and Weisz is still there and remarkable as ever to watch. But that is one of the only things saving this movie. I think if they took more time in developing the script and characters it would have been a better movie but it was obviously rushed before the rest could be forgotten to use make the studio extra cash. I don't recommend this one unless you are a big fan of the first movie and are just dying to get more of Rick and Eve O'Connell.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/24

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Elijah B

The mummy franchise should be declared a classic now

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/16/23

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Alec B

There are fun elements, but they get drowned out by the overly complicated and stupid plot. Say whatever you want about the first one but at least it was relatively straightforward.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/14/23

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Spike G

It's decent enough to count as a sequel

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/02/23

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JULIAN N

The Mummy Returns is even better! Of course the first one is a classic, but this one is just epic. It explains more to the backstory of Pharaoh's daughter we never got introduced to in the first one, and there is just so much action. More than the first one actually. Definitely one of the best films of 2001. Deserved way better rating on rotten tomatoes. I'd give this one a 90%.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/15/23

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Stephen Sommers

Director

Brendan Fraser

Rick O'Connell

Rachel Weisz

Evelyn

John Hannah

Jonathan

Arnold Vosloo

Imhotep

Oded Fehr

Ardeth Bay

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Very violent, mostly in comic-book terms.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 28, 2010

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Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

A piss-poor mummy movie indeed that doesn't deliver a damn thing worth preserving.

Rated: 1/5

Jun 4, 2001

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Caroline Westbrook

Empire Magazine

As escapist, noisy popcorn entertainment, it certainly delivers

Rated: 3/5

May 18, 2001

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

[Stephen] Sommers is a pure pop Stephen Spielberg but this chapter is less 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' than 'Gunga Din,' a pulp update of old Hollywood action movies.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The nonstop action sequences are comparable to the original, though the timing and execution here lack the creativity and momentum needed to truly match up.

Rated: 4/10

Nov 7, 2020

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Feels like treading of the same old ground. And that's likely because no one here has really evolved.

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Synopsis

Ten years after the events of the first film, Rick (Brendan Fraser) and Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) O'Connell are settled in 1935 London, where they are raising their son. When a chain of events finds the corpse of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) resurrected, the O'Connells go on a desperate race to save the world from unspeakable evil and to rescue their son before it is too late.

Director: Stephen Sommers
Executive Producer: Bob Ducsay , Don Zepfel
Screenwriter: Stephen Sommers
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Alphaville Films , Imohotep Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Adventure|Action|Violence)
Genre: Adventure , Action , Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 4, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 18, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $202.0M
Sound Mix: Dolby SR , DTS , Dolby Stereo , Surround , SDDS , Dolby A , Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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