A lot of people have bad things to say about Stephen Sommers' blockbusters, but I like this one because it's fun, charming, and never tries to be anything more than a summer popcorn flick. It doesn't even resemble a remake of the beloved Universal monster movie classic, but it doesn't have to. It takes the basic premise -- two pretty people and a murderous mummy -- and adds lots of quotable, funny dialogue, a couple of wacky sidekicks and about $50 million in special effects.
And, judging by its popularity and the many thousands of times its been rerun on cable at this point, I'm assuming that everyone who might possibly read a blog has already seen it. So you know what you're getting.
Brendan Fraser is fabulous in damn near everything, and I wish he did more movies. Here he's cool, calm and strong with a streak of sarcasm that made Rick more entertaining than your average rugged jaw hero. Fraser knows this is all in good fun, and every so often he practically winks at the audience to let us in on the joke too.
Pulp fun in an Indiana Jones vein. Don't take it too seriously.
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