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Russell Mulcahy's Tale of the Mummy
1999, Rated R
Buena Vista Home Entertainment

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Starring Loise Lombard, Jason Scott Lee. Released to DVD on August 3, 1999.

The tale of the mummy, regardless of who is telling it, or starring in the motion picture, is rather standard. Archaelogists come across the tomb of a most evil and ruthless Egyptian pharaoh who lived thousands of years ago. Ignoring the curse written in hyrogliphics on the entrance of the tomb, the scientists open the tomb and trouble ensues when the curse turns out to be true. Here, London is the place, Louise Lombard is the archaeologist, and Jason Scott Lee the cop investigating the murders that occur in the museum. The first half of the movie is quite entertaining, with a bunch of rags, literally, cruising around England wreaking havoc, but takes a dive off the deep end when Lombard and Lee begin talking to and contacting the dead in an effort to stop the mummy.

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