(Though a horrifyingly CGI Dwayne Johnson as the Scorpion King didn’t help either.) Traditional film criticism has long been primarily composed of men, who are traditionally socialized to view “girly” subjects like kissing, married life, and childrearing as firmly belonging to the domestic sphere. No doubt the movie’s willingness eagerness to lean into its lead characters’ romance, even after years of marriage and parenthood, played a role in the middling to negative reviews leveled at The Mummy Returns upon its release. Honestly, they’re not great parents-regularly leaving their kid to get kidnapped by humans and/or mummies-but they are fantastic romantic partners, regularly taking pause in the middle of a high-stakes scene in order to make out.
(I believe some would rightfully call this imperialist grave-robbing, but I digress.) (You can have it all, ladies!) No doubt driven by Evie’s intense passion for ancient Egyptian culture, the two drag their precocious nine-year-old son Alex (Freddie Boath) from London to Egypt and back again in the pursuit of ancient treasures. Getting married and having a kid hasn’t slowed these two down. The Mummy Returns came out in 2001 and is set nine years after the original film when it picks back up with Rachel Weisz’ Egyptologist Evelyn “Evie” O’Connell (née Carnahan) and her husband, American adventurer Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser). While the franchise sequel has understandably not developed the same level of legacy as its predecessor, it’s honestly still pretty great and has some lessons contemporary blockbusters could learn from-namely, that there can be great power in a good romance. We just passed the 20th anniversary of the release of The Mummy Returns, the follow-up flick to the 1999 blockbuster classic, The Mummy.
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