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; Battalion GGIELIFE ^Page^^Frida^MtwTjJQW amilyt: | decisio procla- ien Prefl i decleT •ksgi, I The Mutntny Starring Brendan Fraser Directed by Stephen Sommers Playing at Hollywood 16 “Protd rough j. iUlo.Af (AP)A lot of people exclaim “Oh, my God’’ uring the latest remake of The Mummy, as le cast battles a resurrected mummy, as well s various plagues and bugs. The on-screen exclamations, however, are [othing compared to what some moviegoers nay mutter under their breath as they ponder » derivative and tepid Indiana Jones wannabe ^*i*®iat conspicuously wastes its likable leading |*ian, Brendan Fraser. ,, J Recently seen emerging from 35 years un- irtisN erground in Blast From the Past, or mowing ■ Bte lawn — his muscles rippling — in Gods * Pl6wirf Monsters, Fraser here makes a bid to be a , Harrison Ford for the millennium, ineif: That would be fine if The Mummy delivered ■ • Jn its promised derring-do with any wit and ° r ° z ■anache. Instead, it is a formulaic retread of an ds to :j|ften-told tale. And if you have fond memories the 1932 Boris Karloff original, forget it. This new film boasts all too little relation to P ator : Bie classic horror and stylish art direction of :>U ^ a m 16 or '8* na l- Friday* pi ot remains deliciously silly and com- licated. It is the telling of it that disappoints i writer-director Stephen Sommers’ saga of easure-seekers terrorized by the newly re ived and murderous Imhotep, the priest- ^^^^Jarned-mummy of the title, rst me* j n t j ie prehistoric Theban fortification of 5rica “Wamunaptra, the City of the Dead, Imhotep ex hior.«ad an illicit liaison with Anck-Su-Namun, the 5 ‘ ..Mistress of the pharaoh, who was subsequent- “■killed. Jl iS For his misdeeds, Imhotep was buried alive ffi^Bdjacent to some regal treasures and has spent ;Cl ^ S B,000 years nursing a vengeful desire to rise Tip and wreak havoc by unleashing the 10 plagues of Egypt. Enter Fraser’s treasure-seeking Rick O’Con- ell. Every action hero needs a sidekick, and ick finds one in Evelyn (Rachel Weisz), a ide-eyed English Egyptologist who gets to lay prim to Rick’s sometimes improper merican. Her brother Jonathan (John Hannah) pro- v Bides ever-so-English comic relief as an effete -Jumbler whose feyness does not exempt him ^ from the gunplay that arrives right on cue. I 11 Before long, a cabal of pretty disgusting I fim reatures are stalking our heroes — in some mily Byzantine treasure chambers — while I li ever Q u he shaking Rick’s sang-froid. m—-— Holze' t New) 'hitney Spain I PHOTO COURTESY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Cathrine Zeta-Jones, plays Gin, an insurance investigator who is chasing Sean Connery, an art thief, after a client’s Rembrandt is stolen in Entrapment. characterization but, even by those standards. The Mummy is surprisingly crudely written. Even the most chilling Hollywood executive would pale, however, next to the mummy and his legions, a savage-eyed bunch who are not cowed by much beyond the Star of David and, yes, cats. As for the flesh-eating bugs, they may be the biggest gross-out, judging by the numbers of audience members burying their faces in their hands (and not because of the dialogue). Fraser, in turn, is so naturally ingratiating that he wins over the audience to his side, without once letting slip the odd wince. — Matt Wolf Entrapment Starring Sean Connery and Cathrine Zeta-Jones Directed by Jon Amiel Playing at Hollywood 1 6 Thieves, spies, gadgets and girl. Yes. Zeta-Jones (Gin) busts onto the screen in her first role since The Mask ofZorro and destroys the stereotype that only men can ac complish 007-like tasks. Ironically, she accomplishes this feat oppo site the original James Bond, Connery (Mac). Connery does not deviate too much from his usual in-control, debonair style. And for some reason, ladies still find him attractive. Set days before the millennium. Gin, an in surance investigator, convinces her boss to go after the ultimate art thief, Mac, when a client’s Rembrandt is stolen. The entire Y2K frenzy may seem tired, but the use of the “big event” theme is slipped into the story rather well. After Gin is granted permission to track down the thief, the audience is taken around the world and through some Mission Impossi ble-like plot moves. Zeta-Jones may have gotten into the acting business because of her looks, but if she is try ing to prove her acting ability, a good chunk of this film had her crying for an acting coach. Fortunately, her skills did progress with the movie, and some strong emotional scenes were actually done well. Aside from Zeta-Jones’ striking beauty, the movie provides much more to enjoy. Shot on location in Malaysia, the action se quences atop the tallest buildings in the world were both action-packed and suspenseful. 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