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Absolutely Brilliant!

The acting in this movie is really good.

There are two actors in this--Malcolm McDowell and Simon Callow--but they are in it for maybe five minutes. So where did the budget go? Well it is a very nice film to look at. There is nothing new here. Well, given today's political climate maybe a nod to the Republican one percent. It is a cabal of rich business responsible for WW I who are the evil behind the scenes. They are looking for a green tablet that will allow them to completely dominate the world. Wow, never heard of that plot before. Anyway, if you want a nice sort of travelogue then worth a view. If you want the same plot with blood everywhere then try the remake of Conan. At least in that one you get a few bare breasts to view.

A three-hour-long made-for-TV movie. Now that's usually too much of the 'good' stuff, certainly if you know Casper Van Dien is starring in it. And yes, it's a bit of a mess, this film, especially script-wise. But there's enough evil shenanigans going on in it to keep it all mildly entertaining. Too much stuff going on, actually, because in the end you're likely to go "What was all this about again?". Casper Van Dien plays a third rate Indiana Jones out to collect the 4 parts of an ancient tabloid which were scattered around the world to protect mankind, for he who possesses all 4 of them combined, has the power to unleash great demonic evil upon the world. There's this secret society, The Hellfire Council, that already has 3 of the 4 pieces. Van Dien discovers the 4th one in the hidden tomb of King Tut. All bets are off from then on, with the Hellfire Council on his tail to steal the 4th piece and Van Dien & his buddies eventually even passing through an inter-dimensional portal to the land of Ancient Demons (or something) to go wake up sleepy King Tut to help battle the Forces of Evil. It's a whole heap of amusing nonsense juiced up with crappy CGI. Malcolm McDowell is running around in it as the head of the Hellfire Council, not doing much else than simply being the head of the Hellfire Council. Villainous Jonathan Hyde plays Van Dien's nemesis. And beautiful Leonor Valera is too cute as the archaeologist chick & Van Dien's love interest. The whole thing was clearly made to appeal to fans of Universal's blockbuster hits "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns". It goes without saying that it doesn't deliver the same kind of 'quality entertainment'.

I almost cried after watching this move, not because it was emotionally moving, but because I wasted $5 to rent it for the weekend. First of all, the editing sucked, some parts of the movie seemed to be recorded on a camcorder. The climax scene was more flat than week-old soda. Many things didn't make sense at all - such as French soldiers in full uniform in 100 degree heat, or dynamite blowing a perfect square hole in the ground in front of a tomb. The whole movie was not believable AT ALL. Honestly, I've seen better acting in porn. If you want a good Egypt movie, watch The Mummy instead.Too bad I can't give this movie negative stars.

If you're in the target audience for this kind of thing -- basically you enjoy movies like "Indiana Jones" and "The Mummy" -- then you're not going to feel particularly ripped off by this film. It satisfies all the basic requirements of its genre and even includes a few nice touches I haven't seen anywhere else; for example it's the first movie I've seen that makes its supernatural mummy (Francisco Bosch) into a hero.Casper Van Dien dons Indiana Jones' hat and Rick O'Connell's hair to fill in the archaeologist/adventurer role as best he can. I didn't think he did half a bad job; he has an easy charm that suits this kind of material, and his face reminds me of John Agar's. His buddies, played by Patrick Toomey, Tat Whalley and others are an appealing bunch and they have good comedic chemistry together. Despite the fact that Malcolm McDowell is in the film, Jonathan Hyde plays the main villain. He's OK, basically a poor man's version of David Warner. I would have liked for McDowell to have more to do though.This is basically a very simplistic story and a pretty shopworn script, given some life by a group of enthusiastic actors and a pretty good director, Russell Mulcahy (who used to be a very "hot" director in the early 80s when he directed videos for "Duran/Duran" and made the film "Highlander."). The whole thing holds together well enough that you overlook some of its rough edges, although some things that happen are just too stupid to be taken seriously even on the level the film seems to demand. For instance, why would the hero and his love interest (Leonor Varela) go back to the tomb only to decide they need to go back to get more help? Did they imagine there would only be one or two villains there? There are some lazy mechanical aspects of the plot that could have been fixed.I found myself enjoying this film and having affection for the characters despite all its obvious flaws.