Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10609 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-11-29
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 347 minutes

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The Mummy
If you're expecting bandaged-wrapped corpses and a lurching Boris Karloff-type villain, then you've come to the wrong movie. But if outrageous effects, a hunky hero, and some hearty laughs are what you're looking for, the 1999 version of The Mummy is spectacularly good fun. Yes, the critics called it "hokey," "cheesy," and "pallid." Well, the critics are unjust. Granted, the plot tends to stray, the acting is a bit of a stretch, and the characters occasionally slip into cliché, but who cares? When that action gets going, hold tight--those two hours just fly by.

The premise of the movie isn't that far off from the original. Egyptologist and general mess Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) discovers a map to the lost city of Hamunaptra, and so she hires rogue Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) to lead her there. Once there, Evelyn accidentally unlocks the tomb of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), a man who had been buried alive a couple of millennia ago with flesh-eating bugs as punishment for sleeping with the pharaoh's girlfriend. The ancient mummy is revived, and he is determined to bring his old love back to life, which of course means much mayhem (including the unleashing of the 10 plagues) and human sacrifice. Despite the rather gory premise, this movie is fairly tame in terms of violence; most of the magic and surprise come from the special effects, which are glorious to watch, although Imhotep, before being fully reconstituted, is, as one explorer puts it, rather "juicy." Keep in mind this film is as much comedy as it is adventure--those looking for a straightforward horror pic will be disappointed. But for those who want good old-fashioned eye-candy kind of fun, The Mummy ranks as one of choicest flicks of 1999. --Jenny Brown

The Mummy Returns
Proving that bigger is rarely better, The Mummy Returns serves up so much action and so many computer-generated effects that it quickly grows exhausting. In his zeal to establish a lucrative franchise, writer-director Stephen Sommers dispenses with such trivial matters as character development and plot logic, and charges headlong into an almost random buffet of minimum story and maximum mayhem, beginning with a prologue establishing the ominous fate of the Scorpion King (played by World Wrestling Federation star the Rock, in a cameo teaser for his later starring role in--you guessed it--The Scorpion King). Dormant for 5,000 years, under control of the Egyptian god Anubis, the Scorpion King will rise again in 1933, which is where we find The Mummy's returning heroes Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, now married and scouring Egyptian ruins with their 8-year-old son, Alex (Freddie Boath).

John Hannah (as Weisz's brother) and Oded Fehr (as mystical warrior Ardeth Bay) also return from The Mummy, and trouble begins when Alex dons the Scorpion King's ancient bracelet, coveted by the evil mummy Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), who's been revived by... oh, but does any of this matter? With a plot so disposable that it's impossible to care about anything that happens, The Mummy Returns is best enjoyed as an intermittently amusing and physically impressive monument of Hollywood machinery, with gorgeous sets that scream for a better showcase, and digital trickery that tops its predecessor in ambition, if not in payoff. By the time our heroes encounter a hoard of ravenous pygmy mummies, you'll probably enjoy this movie in spite of itself. --Jeff Shannon

The Scorpion King
There's nothing original in The Scorpion King, but this derivative action franchise gets off to a rousing start by cleverly stealing from a lot of better movies. Capitalizing on his brief cameo in The Mummy Returns, Dwayne Johnson (a.k.a. World Wrestling Federation star the Rock) stars as Mathayus, an Akkadian assassin in the age preceding Egyptian pharaohs, who vows to avenge his brother's murder by an undefeated warlord (Steven Brand) prophesied to become the desert-ruling Scorpion King. Their battle for supremacy comprises most of the film's brisk 95-minute running time, punctuated by comic relief from Mathayus's obligatory sidekick (Grant Heslov), romance with a beautiful sorceress (Kelly Hu), and alliance with a massive Nubian (Michael Clarke Duncan) on the eve of their climactic showdown. There's no rhyme or reason to the film's depiction of ancient civilization (the costuming is particularly ludicrous), but the Rock demonstrates adequate action-star potential, and director Chuck Russell (The Mask) wraps it all in a slick, professional package. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews

Mummy Collection
Disc's were nice w/ no scratches :) delivery was fast, Movies are great. Thank You

An Excellent Set If You Can Get Your Hands On It
Brendan Fraser heads up the cast of two of the three films in "The Mummy Collector's Set." It's a nice compilation of the first two "Mummy" flicks and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's vehicle, "The Scorpion King." Odds are that if you've watched these films and enjoyed them, this is a great boxed set for you to pick up. A newer set was released this year, which includes the first two "Mummy" films and the latest installment of the series, "Tomb of the Dragon Emperor." "The Scorpion King" is not included in that set, but can be purchased on its own (as can all four of these films).

The first two films are similar, with the Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) being raised from the dead and hoping to bring back is lost love in the first film (and unleashing plagues on the world) and his lost love attempting to bring him back (as well as the Scorpion King) to take over the world. In their way in both films is Rick O'Connell (Fraser), Evelyn and Jonathan (Rachel Weisz, John Hannah) and Ardeth Bay (the underused Oded Fehr).

The third film, "The Scorpion King," is a pure action/popcorn flick littered with comedy in the same vein as "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys." Dwayne Johnson and Michael Clarke Duncan lead this film that is something of a prequel to the other films. You do not need to watch this film in order to understand anything going on in the other two and vice versa. This film stands apart as its own entity.

Special features range from outtakes and deleted scenes to a couple of brief documentaries on Egyptology. There are also a couple of music videos and a look at the "real" Scorpion King.

If you're in the mood for big action, big effects and big bad guys, pick up "The Mummy Collector's Set." I also recommend "Tomb of the Dragon Emperor." The only shortfall of that film is the fact that Weisz did not reprise her role in it.

Great set, although the box change was not too smart...
I really enjoyed purchasing this set. Great packaging, and very good movies.

The Mummy: Great transfer, looks and sounds great.
The Mummy Returns: Same as The Mummy, although the movie wasn't as great.
The Scorpion King: Looks and sounds the best, although the movie wasn't so good.

HOWEVER, Universal studios made a big mistake by changing the box to this set. Back when this was released in 2005, Universal released this and the Jurassic Park Adventure Pack. Both sets were included in a really nice box that folded open and had the discs kept in a tri-fold case. Unfortunately, in 2007/2008 Universal changed the looks of these boxsets. The JP pack had the tri-fold case in a slipcover, with the bland discs that can be found in the individual releases. The Mummy set is now in a normal DVD case, but considerably thicker to house the contents of the set. Luckily, for me, I purchased mine at the mall, where I could actually SEE what box it had. This is why I HIGHLY suggest to go to a store and purchase this. Anyway, a great buy for the money.