1999 was a year filled with landmark movies, from the return of Star Wars and The Phantom Menace to The Matrix and Fight Club to The Blair Witch Project. But somehow, a remake of a 1932 Universal Monster movie classic might have wound up being the most beloved of them all. The Mummy, starring Brendan Fraser and Rachael Weisz as an adventurer and a librarian unwittingly resurrecting an ancient Egyptian priest hell bent on revenge (and love!!!), rode a sandstorm of charisma, camp and old fashioned fun to one of the most loved films from an otherwise incredible decade of movies.
For this IGN Flashback Review, Scott Collura and Clint Gage break down slapstick mummy action, the old school practical tricks that stand out more than the dated CGI and just why people love this movie so damn much.