A mummy movie for the video-game generation, this boys' own adventure deals decisively with the conceptual absurdity that undermines many older variations on the theme: Since reanimated mummies shuffle along at the speed of your arthritic grandpa, why didn't
all those terrified Egyptologists, treasure hunters and reincarnations of long-dead Egyptian princesses just run a little faster? This new mummy, Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo, assisted by extensive computer-generated effects), is no schlub in moldering bandages: He's a rag-clad Terminator who turns
himself into a sandstorm, visits the plagues of Egypt upon his enemies, commands flesh-eating scarab beetles and regains...
Released:
1999
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
120 mins