


They have clearly made piles of money at something, for they live in an immaculate stately home and don't look a day older. Eight years on from the first movie, former jailbird and legionnaire Rick (Brendan Fraser) and librarian Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) have a precocious eight-year-old son called Alex (Freddie Boath). This is, in everything but name and personnel, Indiana Jones IV.

The plot makes a kind of sense, but it's really an excuse for a helter-skelter collection of great action sequences, cobbled together with a Spielbergian zest for hokum by writer-director Stephen Sommers. It is bigger, faster, louder and even sillier than the 1999 original. Thrills and fun, I'd say - and this is one sequel that delivers. But what do you expect from a movie called The Mummy Returns? Brendan Fraser has already signed up for the second sequel of the Egyptian action movie, which started with 1999's 'The Mummy'.Depth! Seriousness! Great acting! Plausible plotting! A responsible approach to ancient history! All this and more is utterly absent from this week's big release. FILM DESCRIPTION: In the meantime, another ancient threat emerges in the form of the Scorpion King (professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson, aka.īritish actress Rachel Weisz will be unable to reprise her role as Evelyn Carnahan O'Connell in 'The Mummy 3' due to scheduling commitments. Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) tricks the Scorpion King (Dwayne Johnson) by saying he is his servant and sending him to attack Rick ( Brendan Fraser). Subsequently, question is, what is the order of the mummy and Scorpion King movies? The Mummy (1999) The Mummy Returns (2001) The Scorpion King (2002) The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)Īlso, is Brendan Fraser in The Scorpion King? Soon, Mathayus proclaimed to Lady Astarte, that his fate indeed lies in the Underworld, and will return soon someday. However, Mathayus slew Sargon with the Sword of Damocles, putting an end to his unruly reign. Sargon transformed himself into a Black Scorpion by using his exalted dark powers.

Then, how did mathayus become the Scorpion King? The Mummy Returns inspired the 2002 prequel film The Scorpion King, a spin-off which is set 5,000 years prior and whose eponymous character, played by Dwayne Johnson (The Rock), was introduced in this film. The film is a sequel to the 1999 film The Mummy.
