Rent The Mummy Returns (2001)

3.5 of 5 from 168 ratings
2h 4min
Rent The Mummy Returns (aka The Mummy 2) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
  • General info
  • Available formats
Synopsis:
A wicked chain of events finds the corpse of the mummy Imhotep resurrected in a British Museum, ready to walk the earth once more and determined to fulfill his quest for immortality. But this time, a dueling force of evil has also been set loose in the world.even more powerful than Imhotep. When these forces clash, the fate of the world will hang in the balance, sending Rich and Evie O'Connell (Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz) on a desperate race to save the world from unspeakable evil, and rescue their son, before it's too late.
Actors:
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Directors:
Producers:
Sean Daniel, James Jacks
Voiced By:
Max Cavalera
Writers:
Stephen Sommers
Aka:
The Mummy 2
Studio:
Columbia Tristar
Genres:
Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
Collections:
A Brief History of Archaeology on Screen: Part 1, A Brief History of Galleries and Museums in Film: Part 2, A History of The Classical World In Cinema, Remembering: Bernard Hill, A Brief History of Film...
BBFC:
Release Date:
01/12/2001
Run Time:
124 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS 5.1
Subtitles:
Arabic, English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Director's Commentary
  • DVD-ROM Special Features*: "Unlock the secrets to THE SCORPION KING"
  • Exclusive access to the movie production
  • Mummy Returns Game Demo Screen Saver
  • 20 minutes "Spotlight on location" featurette
  • An Exclusive conversation with The Rock, The Scorpion King
  • Egyptology 201
  • The Mummy Returns Chamber of Doom
  • Music Video
  • Outtakes
  • Visual and Special Effects
  • Trailer
  • Production Notes
Disc 1:
This disc includes the main feature
Disc 2:
This disc includes the following special features:
- 20 Minutes "Spotlight On Location" Featurette
- An Exclusive Conversation With the Rock, the Scorpion King
- Egyptology 201
- The Mummy Returns Chamber of Doom
- Music Video
- Outtakes
- Visual and Special Effects
- Trailer
- Production Notes
BBFC:
Release Date:
Unknown
Run Time:
130 minutes
Languages:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS 5.1, German DTS 5.1, Italian DTS 5.1, Japanese DTS 5.1, Spanish DTS 5.1
Subtitles:
Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Outtakes
  • Feature Commentary With Director/Writer Stephen Sommers And Executive - Producer/Editor Bob Ducsay
  • Sneak Peek Of The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor
  • An Army To Rule The World, Part 2
  • Unraveling The Legacy Of The Mummy
  • Visual And Special Effects Formation
  • An Exclusive Conversation With The Rock
  • Spotlight On Location: Making Of
  • Storyboard To Final Film Comparison
  • Live Forever May Not Be Long Enough Music Video
BBFC:
Release Date:
29/01/2018
Run Time:
130 minutes
Languages:
English DTS Headphone: X, English DTS:X, French DTS 5.1, Latin American Spanish DTS 5.1
Subtitles:
Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B

More like The Mummy Returns

Found in these customers lists

540 films by sol
444 films by beaks
181 films by gavs

Reviews (1) of The Mummy Returns

Whilst enormously enjoyable in parts, sadly this film also has some quite significant failings - The Mummy Returns review by TB

Spoiler Alert
04/07/2023

The first Mummy film was great in so many ways. And re-watching it 15 years after I first saw it, I was reminded again how good it was. Everything just worked and welcomingly there was an unbelievable lightness of touch that ran through all of it. I had remembered that when I watched The Mummy Returns all those years ago, it was my favourite, but that was mainly due to the fact there is much more action in this one. Watching it back 15 years later, I have changed my mind and now feel that the first one is the better of the two.

But that doesn't mean there isn't a lot to love. Starting with the positives, it is wonderful that pretty much everyone has been brought back from the first film, although some people get less to do this time around sadly. Brendan Fraser & Rachel Weitz continue on their perfect chemistry. I just love spending time with them & it is nice to see that their romance has really believably blossomed. They now have a son, who to me was actually the best character in the whole film. Freddie Boath as the son is so so good & manages to do the almost impossible thing of being both extremely likeable and precocious without being annoying. The scenes of him with Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, continually antagonising him are hysterical. We also see the return of both Arnold Vosloo & Oded Fehr, both excellent company.

One character who sadly falls into the category of less to do is John Hannah's Jonathan. In the first film, he was really good comic relief but also fitted well into the story. Here, he makes an appearance early on, then is relegated for the middle part to the background before being almost shoehorned back into the film for the finale. And the pompous blustering did get annoying after a while.

Welcomingly, after the huge success of the first film, there is a significantly bigger budget for action & this is something else that Returns delivers on in spades. As much as the ending fights might get a lot of attention, for me the chase with the London bus was an absolute masterpiece of choreography, fight work and seemless melding of CGI. And as with the first movie, you have to remember that this film is 22 years old now and the sheer amount of films back then which has CGI which was done appallingly were off the charts. So to have this film's action sequences still standing up to scrutiny today is a massive achievement.

The production values are also outstanding and the film, as with the first one, looks spectacular. The sets & costumes are beautiful & so much effort and thought has gone into how everything looks. The remaster in 4K is also brilliantly done as well.

But sadly this film does have its problems and the biggest one by a country mile is the middle section. After the amazing first act, where it so seamlessly slips back into the pace & quality of the first film and in some ways improves on it, we then get a stodgy middle section full of exposition and nothing really happening. By the time the film starts to pick up again, all the wonderful work done previously cannot bring it back. I did enjoy the final battle in the pyramid, but also it was a little too long and bloated.

As much as there is this criticism though, I still had a blast watching it. And it is a worthy successor in many ways to the first film.

0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.

Unlimited films sent to your door, starting at £15.99 a month.