Mummy Advance Preview Report

Let me run by some scenes that I saw tonight to give you an idea of what happens in the movie.

"First thing as probably everyone knows, Rick and Evie are married and have a kid in the movie, the movie takes place 9 years after the first.

"The Rock is in the begining and in the end of the film. Essentially the idea being that he was the Scorpion King and makes a pact to save his life after his army is vanquished. After this pact an oasis appears where the end of the film takes place, essentially so he can live since he is wondering in the desert about to die. Because of this pact, he is given a new army of undead sand monsters (as seen in the previews) to go desimate his enemies.

"1933, Rick and Evie with thier new kid are running around another tomb, trying to get the braclet of the Scorpion King, which leads to the return of the Scorpion King. Safe to say after a little action they get the braclet back to London (so there you go the movie doesn't really start in London.) The bad guys are trying to bring up the Mummy from the orginal movie, and seem to do so with little trouble, which seems a little ridiculous. After they raise the original Mummy they attempt to get the braclet from Rick and Evie. (You see they want the braclet to lead them to the Scorpion King so he can raise his army so the orginal Mummy will be invinsible.) Action in London ensues, where the bad guys get the braclet and go off to Egypt to raise the Scorpion King's army, with Rick and Evie's kid in tow, because he accidentially put on the braclet. One last important note, one of the bad guys aiding the orginal mummy is Anck-su-namun who is reincarnated.

"Through a trick, the orginal Mummy gets back all his original powers (very lame I thought.) They follow the kid as he leads them to various sites to find where the Scorpion King lies. (Note, the Scorpion King's oasis lies in Ethopia, not Egypt on the Blue Nile) The kid gives his parents clues to his location. Rick and Evie are aided by a friend of Rick's who flies a balloon around to the various sites where the kid is giving his parents clues. They are accompanied by the other orginal good guy cast members from the original film. The Mummy finds out about this and attempts to drowned the group's balloon in a canyon on the blue nile. Before this we find out that Evie is in fact reincarnated herself, and is in fact the daughter of the Pharoh (Nefertti) that is killed in the first film and is not too happy with Anck-su-namun. She remembers this and this is how she is such a bad ass in the previews, because apparently she was a fighting girl back in ancient Egypt and didn't like Anck-su-namun back then either. (Some lesbian sexual innuendo in their past lives actually plays a role.) Rick is also apparently a warrior of god as well, which ends up playing little importance in the film.

"The Mummy is accompanied by bad guy henchmen, who for various reasons (unclear to me) are trying to help him take over the world. When they all reach the Oasis, both parties are attacked by guardians of the Oasis, little ugly guys (seen at the end of the first trailer.) This is where most of the Mummy's henchmen bite it. Main characters reach the Pyramid just before the kid would die from the braclet (7 days or he dies after putting it on, needs to get into the pyramid before sunrise.) This is where Evie dies, killed by Anck-su-namun, not making Rick too happy. Rick then goes on to track down the Mummy in the Pyramid right after the Mummy is stripped of all his power and forced to fight the Scorpion King, who is by the way a huge computer generated scorpion with the Rock's head. Rick and the Mummy start to fight it out. All the while the kid and the brother of Evie (forgot his name, sorry) try to raise Evie back using the orginal book of the dead (first movie reference.) Evie is raised and starts to fight it out with Anck-su-namun. Rick and the Mummy are fighting as well, the Scorpion King appears and briefly it looks as though the Mummy and Rick will fight side by side against the Scorpion King, but the Mummy tells the Scorpion King that he will aid him and is spared. The Scorpion King then fights Rick alone. All the while a huge battle occurs outside the Oasis between the Scorpion King army, which has been raised against Magi from the orginal film.

"Safe to say after all this, the Scorpion King is killed by a spear that the brother carries most of the film. Their is then a position where Rick and the Mummy are hanging off a cliff. Evie and Anck-su-namun can save them. Evie safes Rick, but Anck-su-namun runs away, dissing the Mummy, the Mummy then essentially commits suicide into a fire pit (special effects needed to be added here.) Rick gains control of the Scorpion King's army and tells them to go away, right before they desimate the Magi. Anck-su-namun is killed by bugs from the original movie, like tripping into them. The whole Scorpion King pyramid and oasis implodes into the desert sands (very cool effect) and Rick, Evie, brother and kid all escape on the balloon hovering above the pyramid. End of movie.

"Overall lots of humor, better than the first in many ways, no character development to speak of. I still have no idea who the Scorpion King is, and the Rock doesn't speak during the entire film, not even in Egyptian, just grunts. The London chase is cool with the bus, the end is much better timed than the original as well. A lot of effects, a lot more than the original. Good characters, some parts aren't really used, the whole warrior of god for Rick or the Nefertiti then for Evie all seems contrived, but overall pretty good. If I got some names wrong or forgot them sorry, they are in the original film for the most part, I hope this info is useful."

Report originally appeared on Coming Attractions.

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