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1.0 out of 5 stars
A failed attempt to captilize on the remake craze., November 9, 1999
This review is from: Bram Stoker's the Mummy (DVD)
Spurred on by previous experience with 'Bram Stoker's Dracula', we elected to rent this title (thankfully, we didn't purchase it).
The most artful aspect of this movie is the cover illustration. The plot was painfully predictable, the acting was soap opera quality (shallow, transparent characters), the special effects were sadly lacking. The complaints that my family continually uttered were the only thing that kept me awake.
If you expect a movie similar to the quality of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' - don't waste your time here. By comparison, 'Army of Darkness' was a true classic.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Third Time's (Almost) A Charm, June 15, 2002
This review is from: Bram Stoker's the Mummy (DVD)
Faithful third film adaptation of Bram Stoker's The Jewel Of Seven Stars (following Blood From the Mummy's Tomb and The Awakening) doesn't deliver all it promises, but it delivers enough to be worth watching.
Archaeologist Lloyd Bochner is attacked in his locked study, and has left very specific instructions about how he is to be guarded while unconscious - the attack plainly did not surprise him too much, and police inspector Mark Lindsey Chapman wants to know why. Chapman thinks Bochner's estranged daughter, Amy Locane, had something to do with it. His suspicions aren't helped any when other people in the household begin suffering accidents, and Locane always just happens to be the only one nearby.
Locane and her Egyptology student boyfriend seek out Bochner's old colleague Louis Gosset, Jr., presently an outpatient at the local asylum. Gosset was with Bochner when he made his most stupendous find in Egypt, the tomb of Tara, a sorceress queen so feared that her name was erased from history. He knows - as does Bochner - that the attack was somehow engineered by Tara's ancient black magic, and that there's more where that came from...
The production on this movie is really quite handsome. It's dark and rich and colorful, with a wonderfully atmospheric music score. The sets and set pieces seem more authentic than usual for this kind of film. The performances range from good to adequate. The script is actually pretty decent, and the style refreshingly low-key (though there are a couple of splashy special-effects lapses). It's rather slow, and stretches credibility a bit, but you have to expect that in a movie with dusty mummies walking around strangling people - and the mummy is pretty creepy, at that.
All three versions of this story are pretty good. This isn't the best, but it's imminently watchable and attractively packaged throughout.
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"Who's your Mummy?", February 22, 2001
Unless you can laugh along at horror schlock, are a huge fan of Louis Gossett Jr., or are a fan of Richard Karn (Al from "Home Improvement"), you probably will not like this movie at all. It drags along at a pace slower than a snail in hibernation. The dialogue is really, really, bad. This is one of those movies that you know that the only reason the actors, directors, producers, and anyone else associated with the film did it was because of the money. Richard Karn provides a few laughs as a swinging, single, archeologist and LG Jr is a bit frightening at times (not because of his character, but because of his over-emoting). However, most of the time everyone in the film have these "how did I end up here" or "I can't wait until I'm done with this" looks on their faces. By the way, did I mention there really isn't much plot until half-way through the film? What makes this film worse is that it actually portrays itself as a serious scary movie. Give me a break! Roger Corman knew he was making schlock and Ed Wood really did believe he was making good movies. The makers of this film can't plead either case. All in all don't waste your time with this film, rent some other mummy movie.
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