Hammer movies have always been a tad hokey and that's forgivable, some sloppy writing however isn't.
This is the second Hammer Horror movie from "The Mummy" franchise and this time the star power has taken quite a dip. No longer did they have the presence of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and that really showed.
It tells the story of a rich American who plans on making the opening of a mummy's sarcophagus a tourist event in order to make money but oddly enough things don't go quite as planned.
The film looks great, the performances though spotty are mostly passable and the Hammer Horror brand of musical score is present. It's all very colour by numbers stuff, but that's okay.
Sadly the writing is inconsistent, some is poor and some is baffling especially when it comes to character development.
Passable stuff but again this underlines why though I appreciate Hammer Horror I've never exactly been blown away by it.
The Good:
Looks great
The Bad:
The absence of the likes of Cushing/Lee is very damaging
The bulletproof bandages have returned!
Mummy actually looks worse
No character consistency
Awful cover art
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Belly dancing is sexy or awkward, never anything inbetween