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Title: An adventure; not old-fashioned horror
Review: This is nothing like the original 1930s version; I'd like to make that clear right now. It is adventure, not horror. Brendan Fraser makes a pretty good action hero; he's roguish, a little ignorant, and slightly manipulative. But he has his hands full battling a cursed mummy in an expedition that was idiotically looking to disturb the peace in Egypt (how original). For some reason Imhotep, the mummy who slowly rejuventes his body by sacrificing the living, is immortal and wants to destroy the world, bringing about the seven plagues. The effects are okay but they could have been better; the scarabs didn't move real at all. In fact, is there even any such thing as a flesh-eating scarab?? Hmmm. But it's good, worth your time, certainly; and underrated by critics, like everything seems to be these days. Buy it, but not over the Internet. You can walk, hopefully; go to a store and get it. Hope you enjoy this movie as much as I did, despite the odd plot!
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