Set in 1920s Egypt, the film stars Brendan Fraser, who makes for an effective enough hero, as a Foreign Legion soldier-turned-explorer in search of a lost, treasure-laden city of the dead.

There is hardly a thing I can say in its favor, except that I was cheered by nearly every minute of it.

...The Mummy's entertainment value lies in its jokey tone, with Sommers' script never taking its tongue out of its cheek.

...old school-knytnävsslagssmål och kravlös matinéunderhållning så det räcker och blir över.