The Mummy Returns
The Mummy Returns is a 2001 American action-adventure fantasy horror film, written and directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velásquez, and Dwayne Johnson. The film is a sequel to the 1999 film The Mummy. It was distributed by Universal Pictures.
Plot
In 3067 BC, the Scorpion King leads his army to conquer the world. However, his army is defeated and exiled to the desert of Ahm Shere, where his men die of heat exhaustion. After vowing to give Anubis his soul for the power to defeat his enemies, an oasis and pyramid magically form, and the Scorpion King is given a legion of jackal-like warriors. The Army of Anubis sweeps across Egypt, but once their task is finished, Anubis claims the Scorpion King's soul and the army returns to the Underworld.
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author | Stephen Sommers |
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contentLocation | Ahm Shere |
director | Stephen Sommers |
editor | Bob Ducsay |
genre | action adventure fantasy horror |
keywords | anck-su-namun anubis attack book of the dead capture destroy itself dirigible exile force imhotep kidnap kill oasis pharaoh previous life as princess nefertiri pygmy pygmy peoples pyramid reincarnation rid scorpion king self-destruct seti i trying to escape |
musicBy | Alan Silvestri |
producer | James Jacks Sean Daniel |
productionCompany | Alphaville Films |
publisher | Universal Studios |
recordedAt | Morocco Pinewood Studios |
theme | sequel |