The Mummy Returns

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The Mummy Returns
Production credits
Director	Stephen Sommers
Producer	Sean Daniels, James Jacks
Writer	Stephen Sommers
Cinematographer	Adrian Biddle
Music	Alan Silvestri
Acting credits
Starring	Brendan Fraser Rachel Weisz John Hannah Arnold Vosloo Oded Fehr Alun Armstrong Patricia Velasquez Freddie Boath Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Distribution
Distributor	Universal Studios
Release date	May 4, 2001
Rating	PG-13
Budget	$98,000,000
Preceeded by	The Mummy
Followed by	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The Mummy Returns is a 2001-adventure film produced by Universal Pictures, and the second installment of the studios’ remake Mummy trilogy. Starring the returning cast of Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, John Hannah and Oded Fehr, and introducing Freddie Boath, with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje in new roles.

Contents 1 Synopsis 1.1 The Scorpion King's Campaigns 1.2 Finding the Bracelet 2 Cast 3 Trivia 4 Appearances 4.1 Mentioned Characters 4.2 Creatures 4.3 Locations 4.4 Artifacts 5 Events

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[edit] The Scorpion King's Campaigns

In the year 3067 B.C, the Scorpion King, a fearsome warrior who led a vicious campaign to conquer ancient Egypt, marched to the city of Thebes intending to rule. After a violent campaign between the Scorpion King's army and the army of Thebes which lasted for seven years, the battle went to the army of Thebes, who cast out the invaders into the desert of Ahm Shere.

The Scorpion King soon found himself the last living member of his army, all the others having died from the desert heat, exhaustion, and lack of food or water. At that point, the Scorpion King himself was dying, and in his last moments, he prayed to the god Anubis, pleading for the chance to win one last battle in exchange for his soul. In response, the god sent out a large black scorpion from the sands, which the warrior chewed up, despite its successful attempts to sting him, which resulted in a great oasis sprouting from the desert.

The Scorpion King, with his fallen soldiers replaced with the Army of Anubis itself, had returned to Thebes and continued his siege, winning the city and killing many. Once the battle was ended, however, the Scorpion King's soul was taken to the Underworld, as was the Army of Anubis. The Bracelet that the Scorpion King had once worn was left in the sands.

[edit] Finding the Bracelet

Years later, in 1933 A.D, Rick O'Connell had long since married Evelyn Carnahan and sired a son, Alex O'Connell. The O'Connells had reached a temple along the banks of the Nile where Evelyn sought out the Bracelet of Anubis. Evelyn knew about the temple and how to access the Bracelet from visions that she had been having in those days. As Evelyn had visions of ancient Egypt, Rick was told by his son Alex that the tattoo on his wrist was alike to a symbol that appeared in the atrium of the temple that they were exploring.

While Lock-Nah and a handful of armed cultist thugs headed to confront Evelyn O'Connell as to the chest's whereabouts, Hafez himself, accompanied by Meela, Shafek and two other thugs headed upstairs to interrogate Rick O'Connell about it. The cultists had found Jonathan Carnahan instead, with a woman named Sheila, and the cultists had thus mistaken him for O'Connell. The cultists forced Sheila out and confronted Jonathan about the Bracelet of Anubis, but Jonathan, thinking Hafez worked for a man named Johnny that Jonathan was indebted to, pleaded for more time to pay what he owed. Hafez stated that he knew no-one named Johnny, and began to ask about the Bracelet of Anubis. Jonathan stated honestly that he had no idea what they were talking about, but Hafez did not believe him, having Shafek take a dagger and hold Jonathan back. Jonathan lied, saying that he had lost the Bracelet in a card game, and at that moment, Hafez's attention was diverted as he eyed the Spear of Osiris in Jonathan's hand; Jonathan had claimed the Spear years ago when it was taken from Hamunaptra. Meela Nais then walked into the room with a basket in her hands, asking where Jonathan's wife was, believing him to be O'Connell. Jonathan lied that Evelyn had gone off to Baden-Baden or Tibet, but this excuse did not register with Meela, who pulled out a venomous Egyptian asp from the basket and brought it closer to Jonathan so that it would bite him. As Meela stepped further with the snake, Jonathan lied once more and stated that the Bracelet was in a safe downstairs, furthering his lie and giving a combination; Meela was not distracted by this, as she moved closer with the asp in her hand.

At that moment, Rick O'Connell stepped in, seeing Jonathan held back and tortured with a snake and a dagger. O'Connell, thinking that it was another of Jonathan's wild parties, asked the "guests" to cease their activity, but was stopped as Meela threw the asp at O'Connell. O'Connell caught the snake and threw it back at one of the cultists, and in a reciprocal move, another cultist threw a dagger at Rick, almost hitting him, but dodging once O'Connell threw it back, the dagger hitting another cultist instead.

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[edit] Trivia

• There is a shot in the film where, in London, Tower Bridge and the dome of St. Paul’s Church and Big Ben are all scrunched-up into one frame. This is geographically anachronistic to the landmarks’ true locations in the city.

[edit] Appearances

All appearances are considered first appearances. For character appearances see the "Cast" section.

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[edit] Events

• The Siege of Thebes
• The Battle for Ahm Shere