A British adventurer encounters conflict with a mummy in Egypt, meets his wife and they have a son. The trio then travel to China after the son finds a burial complex there. An Akkadian mercenary assassin becomes a hero by defeating corrupt and dangerous leaders, with the help of beautiful women.
Almost intolerable. All of the films were hokey and cheesy. At least the Mummy set had a comedic element that basically made it watchable. The Scorpion King did not use humor as much and was more difficult for me to get through. The whole series disregarded historical accuracy completely. I doubt that British people in the 1930s used modern dialect and figures of speech. I know that this was not the case multiple thousands of years BC. It was the case for these movies, however. And then there were ninjas. For those who don't know, shinobi come from Japan, a country that had little to no contact with the rest of the world until the mid 1800s. I highly doubt that there would have been any ninjas available in ancient Sumeria, but there they are. Editing was terrible. My film professor at school labeled the technique "enhanced continuity editing" when we see 3 shots for 1 punch or 4 for a character jumping over a table. I would argue that it should be called "decreased continuity editing" and I hope that it will go out of style soon. The first 2 Mummy films set up a running gag of domino-effect knock overs, using bookshelves and then pillars. I would have liked to at least see it finished in the 3rd Mummy film, but it did not happen. Overall, I rate this tolerable. If you're REALLY bored and need a set of 8 movies to watch, go for it. Otherwise, stay away.
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