The Mummy Returns
Adventure is reborn.
2001 • 130 min • Adventure · Action · Fantasy
Synopsis
Rick and Evelyn O’Connell, along with their 8-year-old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King’s might: the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and isn’t above kidnapping its new bearer, Alex, to gain control of Anubis’s otherworldly army.
Our family guide
Best from age 11- 80 Reviewers · 5 · 65%
- 64 Audience · 7806 · 35%
An archaeological family faces off against a resurrected mummy and his cult, who seek a magical artifact to control an ancient army. They must rescue their adventurous young son and prevent a powerful evil from destroying the world.
- Violence & peril
- 6/10
- Language
- 2/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 2/10
- Scary moments
- 6/10
Heads up
- Frequent fantasy violence and peril
- Some jump scares and frightening creatures
- Brief suggestive dialogue suggesting marital intimacy
What it models well
- Family loyalty and protection
- Courage in the face of danger
- Teamwork and problem-solving
Talk about it after
- The historical settings and myths shown
- The importance of family sticking together
- Consequences of greed and obsession with power
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Top billed cast
Director: Stephen Sommers • Crew: Stephen Sommers
Brendan Fraser
Rick O'Connell
Rachel Weisz
Evelyn O'Connell / Nefertiri
John Hannah
Jonathan Carnahan
Oded Fehr
Ardeth Bay
Arnold Vosloo
Imhotep
Patricia Velásquez
Meela / Anck-Su-Namun
Freddie Boath
Alex O'Connell
Dwayne Johnson
Mathayus / The Scorpion King
Alun Armstrong
Baltus Hafez
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Lock-Nah
Trailers & clips
25th Anniversary Trailer
Evelyn O’Connell Fights to Save Her Son
The Invasion in 4K HDR
Imhotep's Betrayal - Extended Preview
ick Fights Imhotep AND the Scorpion King in 4K HDR
Trailer
Reviewer notes
Recommended<em>'The Mummy Returns'</em> feels to me to be a downgrade on the original, though I still gained the desired entertainment from it. There is an absolute barrage of special effects used in this though, I said in my previous review about it aging badly - it's worse here.…
RecommendedThis is, actually, every bit as good as it's daddy - but why, oh why, do we always to have to introduce children into the mix? In this case Fredddie Boath joins the gang of intrepid adventurers trying to save the world from the scourge of a recently re-reincarnated mummy (a re-born, born again sort of thing!).…
RecommendedYeah, right, and no harm ever came from reading a book. You remember how that one went? After the financial success of "The Mummy" two years earlier, the sequel was inevitable. The big players from the first film are back, Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo and Oded Fehr.…
Not recommendedTrusted family reviewers***Bigger is NOT always better; here it’s overKILL*** I'm a fan of the first movie from 1999 and was naturally looking forward to this 2001 sequel. I originally saw it at the theater with two friends; after about 10-15 minutes we were all bored by the bombardment of action and F/X. We just laid back in our seats in tedium for the remaining couple hours.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersSuffers a little from the belief commonly held by sequels that "Bigger is better". Does expand the mythology (arguably not a positive), but more importantly is still a good time, thanks primarily to the relationship between the Brendan Fraser and Rachael Weisz characters. _Final rating:★★★ - I personally recommend you give it a go._
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.4/10 (7,806)
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $98,000,000
- Box office
- $443,280,904
- Franchise
- The Mummy Collection
- IMDb
- tt0209163
