Making effective use of the very same ingredients that made its predecessor a surprise success, The Mummy Returns is a worthy follow-up to that brings slight improvements in almost all filmmaking departments to provide its viewers another hell of a rollicking adventure that stays true to the original while also being more entertaining this time. Set 10 years after the events of the first film, the story of The Mummy Returns brings back Rick & Evelyn O'Connell, along with their son Alex, against the High Priest Imhotep who has again risen from the dead but this time is looking for the Bracelet of Anubis in order to gain control of The Scorpion King's army, thus once again endangering the •. 'The Mummy Returns' is a rambunctious adventure spectacle with its heart and thrills squarely in the right place. Though it is a bit too content to follow the routine blockbuster-sequel template, the follow-up to 1999's fantastic 'The Mummy' provides a worthwhile and exciting experience. Mixing globetrotting adventure, well-placed laughs, large-scale action set-pieces, and good-natured horror thrills, 'The Mummy Returns' finds the heroes of the first film taking on old and new villains. Throwing in a child, a change of scenery, and a larger-than-life bad guy, the narrative follows a somewhat standard story formula but is still able to move in engaging directions. Director, Stephen Sommers, assembles of high velocity thrill ride with enough texture and heart to make things stick.