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3.0 out of 5 stars
It will rise...It will bore!, April 1, 2004
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This review is from: Dawn of the Mummy (DVD)
Too much crummy acting in this one, and not enough quality make-up effects makes this hard to recommend. Most of the gore is a person lying stock-still with blood and meat poured on them while (Egyptian!?) zombies sit around chewing. This way-low-budget flick doesn't really have set-piece effects where you see the ripping and tearing (think Savini's work in Day of The Dead), so it flops as a gore shocker. Even the machette in the head scene is very poorly done, with a quick edit to a laughable 'dummy' head for the hit. Still, for the price, it's a cheap ride, so you can add it to the collection without much buyer's remorse.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Only for true fans of bad movies., November 20, 2004
This review is from: Dawn of the Mummy (DVD)
One thing I seriously do not like is a page of reviews recommending that I buy a bad movie. I bought the DVD of 'Dawn of the Mummy' only to be seriously disappointed. I can take bad acting, a dumb plot, and even poor make-up effects; but not when it is this boring. This is the story of an archeologist who ignores the warnings of the locals regarding a tomb he blasts open and the models who discover his dig and think it would be an ideal place for a shoot (every fashion models dream). At least when the mummy finally rises (which takes way too long) the pace picks up; alas, not the same for the intelligence of the script. There are of course scenes that are just outright laughable: one where the mummy is after one of the models as she keeps running at a good pace as the mummy walks slowly after her and she is still not able to outrun him: another is a meat cleaver to an obviously fake head. If someone likes bad movies, they may well like this. This is not a 'Classic' and certainly not something I would irresponsibly recommend to others.-Bob
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
OK GORE SHOCKER...., January 1, 2004
This review is from: Dawn of the Mummy (DVD)
Neither the best of it's kind nor the worst, "Dawn of the Mummy" is notable for having been filmed mostly in Egypt which does give it a kind of grisly realism. Using a cast of no-names, it presents an egomaniacal fashion photographer gathering the "world's top models" for a photo shoot on location in the Egyptian desert. While shooting, they stumble upon tomb raiders invading a cursed pharaoh's tomb searching for gold. The greedy photographer pushes the group in for a rare photo-op in a "real Egyptian tomb". There they find the mummy of the pharaoh the raiders have disturbed and the heat from the set lights cause it to slowly ooze to life. Once the mummy is up, so are his buried minions who return as flesh eating zombies. The mummy strangles and uses weapons to kill while the zombies just attack and eat. If you are watching this for gore, you will not be disappointed as it is plentiful...especially during the horrific climax where the zombies attack a wedding party. As for the print, it isn't bad but could have been better as it gets a little too dark. Assuming you're not watching this for the acting, it's pretty laughable. But you do get two strong heroines that outdo their male co-stars who end up getting slaughtered anyway. So, for the price, this is an OK time killer with some interesting qualities and should satisfy the gorehounds out there. The mummy and his zombies are well done and "Dawn of the Mummy" does have it's scary moments as well as guts galore.
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