The mummified body of Imhotep is shipped to a museum in London, where he once again wakes and begins his campaign of rage and terror.The mummified body of Imhotep is shipped to a museum in London, where he once again wakes and begins his campaign of rage and terror.The mummified body of Imhotep is shipped to a museum in London, where he once again wakes and begins his campaign of rage and terror.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 19 nominations
Dwayne Johnson
- The Scorpion King
- (as The Rock)
Storyline
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- TriviaRachel Weisz and Patricia Velasquez trained for five months for their fight scene. They did the fight without any stunt performers.
- GoofsIn The Mummy (1999), the first scene of Rick O'Connell and the French foreign legion fighting the Bedouins is tagged as 1923. The next scene at the museum is "3 years later", presumably 1926. The Mummy Returns (2001) tags the first scene with the O'Connells searching for the Bracelet of Anubis as 1933. And Alex screams at his uncle when they are outside the museum he is "only 8 years old!" For him to be 8, his parents would have had to have him in 1925, possibly conceived in 1924, and Evy and Rick hadn't even met at that point. They could have also had him in 1924.
- Quotes
Ardeth Bay: [to Alex] By putting this on, you have started a chain reaction that could bring about the next apocalypse.
[Alex gasps]
Rick: [to Ardeth] You, lighten up.
Rick: [to Alex] You, big trouble.
Rick: [to Jonathan] You, get in the car.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits feature objects in the background such as embalming cloth and walls with hieroglyphics. Some of the backgrounds relate to the character. When Arnold Vosloo's and Patricia Velasquez's credits appear, a mummy is seen in the background. When The Rock's credit appears, a scorpion crawls in the background. When John Hannah's credits appear, gold statues can be seen in the background (for his obsession of all things gold).
- Alternate versionsEarly UK releases removed a headbutt during the Rachel Weisz/Patricia Velasquez fight scene, in order to qualify for a '12' rating. The 2008 DVD release is fully uncut.
- SoundtracksForever May Not Be Long Enough
Written by Glen Ballard and Edward Kowalczyk (as Ed Kowalczyk)
Performed by Live
Courtesy of Radioactive Records, J.V.
Featured review
More of the same adventure sequel, but it actually works.
Both the original and this are great fun and completely likable. Of course the sequel does have flaws, the plot isn't quite as strong as the one in the original, the scorpion king was a bit of a disappointment(he could've been designed better) and again like the original it is overlong. But it does have a sense of unpretentious fun, and that is great to see. The visuals are very impressive, and the music score, this time by Alan Silvestri is very effective, though I do prefer the Goldsmith. Although he isn't given as much to do, Arnold Vosloo still impresses as Imhotep, who I admit I did find scary in the original, not so much here, but Vosloo's performance is great. The other performances are fine too, Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are both charming in the lead roles, and Patricia Velasquez is just beautiful beyond words as Meela Nais/Arnk Su Namun. Plus Freddie Boath is perfectly tolerable as Alexander, and John Hannah is fine too, same with Allun Armstrong of all people. All in all, a fun sequel, that shows that more of the same can actually work. The only other sequel that I have seen that is more of the same yet lives up exactly to the standard of its original is Home Alone 2:Lost in New York. 7/10 for Mummy Returns. Bethany Cox
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- Also known as
- La momia regresa
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Box office
- Budget
- $98,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $202,019,785
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $68,139,035
- May 6, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $443,284,916
- Runtime2 hours 10 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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