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Article: Movie Review: NO STING IN THIS TALE; The Rock's simply not enough of a Mummy's boy.(192)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- April 19, 2002
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THE SCORPION KING (12)
YOU'VE seen the film, bought the DVD, played the computer game.
So how can Hollywood squeeze more money from your pockets with The Mummy and The Mummy Returns?
Easy - set up a spin-off movie featuring a character from those back-to-back blockbusters. After all, band members get to release solo albums - even Victoria Beckham.
But The Mummy cash-in doesn't feature Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz or John Hannah. There are no ancient monsters. It's not even set in what we'd recognise as Egypt, then or now.
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