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 The Mummy: Brendan Frasier, Rachel Weisz Rating:  1 StarThe Haunting was a high-tech, big-budgeted, special effects extravaganza that lacked dialogue, a good plot, and any semblence of merit. The Mummy is the cut from the same mold, only it is a haunted pyramid instead of a house. Brendan Frasier and Rachel Weisz star in this melodramatic romp through the sands of Egypt. Amid a flurry of special effects wizardry the viewer sees skeletons come to life, bugs emerge from stone and burrow into people, faces form in sandstorms, and any other number of vast and impressive images. Still the multi-million dollar computer enhancements cannot save the movie from a horrible plot, tons of flaws in logic, and some of the most tired, weak lines ever to be spoken this side of a B Movie. I've seen Frasier shine in Gods and Monsters and earlier in School Ties, but lately with this flick George of the Jungle and Dudley DoRight, he seems to be slipping back into his juvenile Encino Man mindset. I have also never seen Weisz in anything prior, but I am told she has done some quality British films. ONe could not tell by watching this atrocity. Like Godzilla and the aforementioned Haunting, it seems the producers thought they could sell a weak script with nice window dressing, and perhaps they did. It had decent box office and rental success. However, I am hoping maybe there are enought lovers of serious film to eradicate these types of special effects movies from Hollywood, though I know it is idle dreams. Alas, my friends, we still have the independent films. My Call: It should be buried and never unearthed again. |
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