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New Century of Cinema
DOWSE Guide to the
Movies
by Tony Lee editor of
Pigasus
Press
The Mummy
Director: Stephen Sommers
120 minutes (15) widescreen 2.35:1 Universal
review by Carl Meewezen
Monster-mash variation on those perennial themes of Egyptian horror, the cursed tomb
and the magically revived victim of a pharaoh's wrath. Here, Imhotep is played with
delicious relish by Arnold Vosloo (Lance Henriksen's sidekick in John Woo's Hard
Target), while Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are the romantic leads in a stirring
adventure that's strongly reminiscent of Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981).
Well-executed visuals by ILM include skeletal corpses, powerful sandstorms and
scuttling hordes of flesh eating beetles. Yet, astonishing as these effects are,
nothing here is quite as spectacular as the opening battle between Legionnaires and
Arabian horsemen. This is enjoyable, feelgood entertainment where the hero gets the
girl, villains get their comeuppance and we, the audience, cheerfully accept such
absurdity.
Buy this title from Blackstar
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