The Mummy --------- I don't think that Anne Rice fans will be too thrilled by this. Personally, I want my mummy to be frightening, dark and creepy, lugubriously pining for his lost love across eternity, sacrificing everything to bring her back, etc. Unfortunately, I must put this film in the regurgito category alongside such kidney stones as Universal Soldier and Volcano. Like all regurgito films, The Mummy is a re-hash of other films having no original ideas. The Mummy is a dry heave of Indiana Jones, Conan the Barbarian, Hellraiser, and Army of Darkness. Any of these films is superior to The Mummy, so avoid spending your big American dollars at the Blowcase on this one. The acting was pretty weak, which is generally not of major concern for the horror/action genre, but the characters were trying a bit too hard to be a bit too cute and clever. Leave that to the Princess Bride and pack up camp, me buckos. Some of the animation is fairly weak, imho, rather on the Anaconda side. In particular, the flesh-eating scarabs didn't really move like actual bugs so my nerves did not get the usual nice creepy-crawly ew-its-a-bug-nest reaction. On the plus side, I must say that the bald evil priest guy is pretty sexy and his lost love Paul-Anka-Ra is tasty in her little mesh outfit that we get to feast our eyes on for about .75 minutes. Also, the dark nomadic guy is kindof cute in his complete black outfit with blousey long-culotte pants. Also, there is one amusing part in the film involving the use of a cat as a weapon. Rates a '0' on the movie rating scale. Rates a '2' on the viewing scale ----- Bone-a-rama movie rating scale ------------------------------ 4- raging woody 3- moderate stiffy 2- the organ in repose 1- swimmers' dick 0 vestigial reflexive hiding of the scrotum within the abdomen movie viewing scale ------------------- 4- see on the big screen multiple times 3- worth seeing on the big screen 2- view at the dollar show 1- get wasted with friends and rent on video 0- avoid this film