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It has one of the laughably worse cg effects ever, but does The Mummy Returns entertain on the same level as the first one? Nostalgia Critic looks at the laughable insanity.
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The Mummy Returns is a 2001 American action-adventure horror film,[2] written and directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velásquez, and Dwayne Johnson. The film is a sequel to the 1999 film The Mummy. It was distributed by Universal Pictures.
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9:24 That's the first legitimate question through out this movie..
can you shootout ASAN? also the Trevor Project?
@Jermaine DeBerry And remember Johnny Nero Action Hero arcade light gun game released in 2004 by ICE.
15:46 So this device on the boy's arm is the key to succeeding in the goal of the movie/plot and if he doesnt do something soon, it will explode. I know this movie came out in 2001, but this feels like some Ben 10 stuff but instead of aliens and kid centered, it's mummies and basic stuff
Third movie was 💩, and Tom cruise mummy should’ve never been made.
The saddest thing is that opening bit with Dwayne getting shafted over and over was still better treatment than the WWE gave a lot of its wrestlers
Anything with Brendan Frasier I will consider a corny classic
Wait until you you get to "Tomb of the Dragon Emperor". It makes this look like a best picture winner.
What did people expect? I wouldn't call all CGI in 2001 "amazing".
My siblings and I love the movie just for our favorite animated abomination, CGI Dwayne the Rock Johnson
I recognize the biggest difference between this and the first. Evelyn has actual eyebrows.
The cartoon was more fun
25:29 hey Monse rían de la PS2
Lol...the end of this movie always reminds me of Act III of Diablo 2 (Kurast). Those rotten little guys with the blowguns. Can't stand them.
I don't care what anyone says--the scene with Alex screwing around with the henchman was great.
Strange. When i was a child and watched it I kinda understood that CGI was bad. But I didn't feel that something was wrong. For me it is classic but not because it is smart movie. I just have good memories about my feelings being child watching it.
did you actually just compare the mummy returns to rise of skywalker hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha atleast the mummy returns you didn't have to be a 7 year old moron or a 30 year old kid fiddler playing fortnite to know imhotep was going to be in it
This pleases Imothep
4:58 - NO YOU'RE NOT!!! 26:41 - does ANYONE know what the direction was on this?! Like - did the director PURPOSELY tell the Mummy's actor to delay by almost THREE FUCKING SECONDS before doing an Egyptian Darth Vader scream?!
This is a great guilty pleasure movie
Watched this review over again just because of the opening. That "The Rock"-Skit at the beginning is golden.
“She’s the reincarnation of the daughter of the pharaoh and sister of imotep’s love” “Wasn’t imotep’s love also the pharogh’s mistress?”
For the love of God please do Scorpion king
I like this movie you scumbag, if you really wanna talk about a REALLY bad Mummy movie, go watch Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor
That's it, i had enough of these prequel haters. I swear that if i find anybody who hates one or all Star Wars prequels, I'm gonna kill it!
This movie is pretty dumb, but I think that actually works in its favor. If you're after a good action movie, a good horror movie, a good comedy, or a good romance, you won't find it here. If you're looking for dumb b-movie cheese about on par with Freddy Vs Jason, Batman and Robin, Independence Day, Ice Pirates, or pretty much any given Tremors movie, this is exactly that. It's a great movie for when you've had a mentally exhausting day and just want to completely turn your brain off. Plus the soundtrack is actually really good.
using the arrow keys it took 34 taps to skip the adds. 🤣
someone pls tell me he's going to be doing the third one soon its my favorite even though I know he;s going to hate it
9:24 😂😂😂
They’re not sisters, she’s the mistress to the pharaoh. Eve is the pharaohs daughter
honestly i enjoyed the sequel, even if it was a bit too outlandish, my only real gripe was that CGI Scorpion King, they could've just had The Rock fight them both and it would've been a fantastic battle. edit: scratch my only gripe, i now see what your problem is with it, it's like they felt the first movie was enough for you to know the main characters and they didnt even feel like we needed to know the new ones.
Whoa how the hell did you guys get Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson?
i think games had better cg then this movie had at that time
did anyone already point out that the female ancient counterparts weren't sisters, they were step daughter and step mom? just a random useless fact ;)
26:40 I like this movie but even I laughed at this scene and still do
Yeah. They were not sisters, in the movie it clearly states that Evie was the Pharaoh's daughter and the other was the Pharaoh's wife/mistress(plus Imotep's Lover). I don't know why Doug is saying that they were sisters. But people make mistakes.
Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was way worse. Can't wait for that review.
I’ll say this, it’s a great film to watch when ur high with ur buddy’s
Wait they were sisters?? Wow, I completely missed that.
They were not sisters, in the movie it clearly states that Evie was his daughter and the other was his wife/mistress. I don't know why Doug is saying that they were sisters. But people make mistakes.
This movie does have bad cg effects but the design of the jackals and the monstrous scorpion king are pretty good.
I love this ridiculous movie 😭😂😂
now its time for part 3
Great review.
they did give the scorpion king a solo movie already
How they did the Rocknis so funny 😂
Joe Dirt may be gone but not forgotten
You’ll never be forgiven for the pink Floyd thing !!!
I love this movie, but I also agree with you, it's a corny classic.
First time i have seen this - i was a kid. And i liked it a lot. A was sure it is good. Then, i became adult, and i like it a lot. Because it is so bad...
Unlike The Mummy review, where I disagreed at points vehemently but I'm not a child so I disagreed amiably, I completely agree with this review. I saw this movie in theaters opening weekend and even as a dumb 14 year old, I KNEW this movie sucked. It just didn't have the spirit, commitment or charm the first Sommers The Mummy film had. I mean... The Mummy wasn't high art- I don't care about that anyways, because I watch movies to be entertained, not to get some deeper meaning out of them- but it was a fun pre-9/11 "every goddamn big-budget film is now a stupid superhero shitshow" romp and I enjoyed it for what it was, a big dumb action film. This? Yeah no, it was absolutely terrible.
They weren't sisters...
I wanna know how the Scorpion King went from being a hero to being the villain he fought to stop in his first movie. In the Scorpion King he fights and risks his life to stop a man doing the exact thing he is doing in the start of this movie.
10:10 SHAMWOW!!!
Compared to the first one it was a total letdown, but if you just want to have some mindless fun I would say this is an OK type of movie to watch. It's not the 'BEST' ok movie but you can watch it and have a laugh or enjoy some decent fight scenes.
I won't lie - I genuinely enjoyed Joe Dirt, especially the moral of rising above your origins and persisting in the face of adversity.
still better than Rise of Skywalker!
Note that this is the "improved CG" for the Rock's Scorpion King. We got the VHS when it was released, and that CG face was a lot worse. looked really blocky.
i just realized. They kept the romance between the two main chars but in doing so the kid became superfluous. (i know it's obvious but bare with me a sec) I think that if you take away the kid (so they're still childless. You know, maybe it's for waiting, maybe it's because it didnt happen yet, etc etc) then it works not only ok but better because the kid seems to offer a "free kidnapping card" and thats' it. (the train scene was funny tho) So you still have the drama/romance between the two without having a "oh yeah, we're parents" in the way of the mood and having the kid being a constant third wheel (and not in a "oh, kids kill the mood for parents when they wanna get frisky" way but in a "this is awkward, maybe i shouldve stayed home instead of joining a couple's date" way)
First render of a bad video game with a couple classic-ish moments (I confess I actually do really like that fight scene between the ladies in the past, I thought the choreography was pretty cool, even if it is purely for the purpose of having two hot chicks fight)
Gee Critic, it's almost like THE LAST JEDI WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD MOVIE AND YOU WERE A DAMN FOOL
They weren't sisters!!!!!
Funny thing is some VFX artists recently tackled this and made it like 80% better
I guess I need to get my eyes checked because I saw nothing wrong with the CG in the movie
yet another missed opertunity for a bald cap...
Its awful
You should do an episode about "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein", by Kenneth Brannagh. That's one hell of a trainwreck.
Say what will about this mummy movie, but I'd rather watch this than the Tom Cruise one.
Do the third one! Pls...
Haha the WWF Smackdown Just Bring It cameo. Somebody did their research 👌🏽💯
Yeah, but I'll always appreciate the fact that Rick and Evie are still together, and not a stupid source of conflict.
Gotta do scorpion king next right?
Critic! They’re NOT sisters - they’re step family. Miya is the reincarnation of Pharoh’s wife and Evie is the reincarnation of the Pharoh’s daughter.
Well this was ancient Egypt. Family being with family was kind of common practice back then. For all we know they was fighting to see who would be his mistress.
I can't be the only one who wants to know what was number one on that top 10 list
The mummy 1 and 2 was way better than the mummy with tom cruise i mean dr Jekyll and mr hyde
Can soooooo agree with that.
How can one sister be the pharaoh's daughter and the other his mistress? Moron. Did any of this information register while writing this review? Yeah, no. No wonder there isn't a "1st viewing" - because you didn't even bother......
Dude, they were never sisters. Ak Su Na Mun was the Pharos MISTRESS.
28:00, Who else thought those were pot leaves?
It is not that bad of a CGI if you blur your eyes a little bit the rock.. the scorpion scene... still looks like shit
Suggestion for a movie review: buzz lightyear.
Love dat opening! Great rock impression😭
No mention of the inverted sunrise in the third act? 😐
I DID MY BEST! that was way funnier than i think they intended it to be
Google is listening to me. I watched this movie last night and said there should be a review
Favorite line from the movie was when the kid was like “look reading material!”
But wait, what is the #1 worst cg effect on Sophie's worst cg fx list
And you never mentioned the momie many moment of just saying the name Anaktsunamune... that’s probably the only thing I remembered of this flick... that name is grind into my memory for ever.
This review is missing penguinz0 defending this movie
My favorite line from the review is my dad’s gonna kick your ass I hated the audience I’m pretty sure they hated me people do like to hate you and I understand but I love your sarcastic personality mimics my own
I love this movie as a kid I still love it as a bad movie but most of all I love your inner duction it hit the nail on the head so hard I wish I had CGI because now my finger is broken because it wasn’t a nail it was my finger
Honestly I love this movie BECAUSE its effects were so bad. As one of your previous reviews song once pointed out............*sings* Guilty Pleasures! Everybody has a few!
Awww, you didn't like this?? This was the better of the two movies for me. (I REFUSE to acknowledge that TERRIBLE 3rd movie!)
His Dwayne Johnson voice is perfect! And the teeth flashing ^_^
I wore out my DVD replaying that dynamite scene as a kid
1:44 15 Years later.... SO WHAT CAN I SAAAAY EXCEPT YOU’RE WEEELCOOMEEE!!! Pd: Hehe Welcome, Wel Come, WELL CUM
Starts at 2:54
Stephen Sommers thought THIS was better than the 1999 movie
The kid actor may have been British but somehow his acting made the accent seem fake to me.
Nostalgia Critic. Review the Queens Corgi or else I will spam this message thx 😊
Actually. The first thing Evelyn said in this movie is "go away", which was towards a snake that was passing by. This was to show how much she's changed since the first movie. She went from a bookworm who needs to be saved to a fighter trying to protect her son. Yes she still got kidnapped in this movie, but she went down fighting in the process.
I think dof
Wait a minute!!! 10:05 Marisol from SSX Tricky?!?!😍😍😍😍
Okay I'm out... "not every kid in a sequel is bad" shows John Conor from T2 he was the shittiest part of T2...; I always thought T2 was the better terminator movie but it's not.. The kid is soooo annoying! like really, really, reeeeeeeeeeally anoying. T2 had a bigger budget and more action, T1 is the better movie story and acting wise.
I don't speak 15 second ads. Ugly freek stick to 5 seconds. Don't be pretentious.
I miss Brendan Fraser. Say what you want, but the man did have a certain charm about him.