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The Mummy Returns 2001

The Mummy Returns 2001

Movie · 2h 10m

13+ Ages 12-14
Editor
Solid
PG-13

Director: Stephen Sommers

Cast: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Oded Fehr, Arnold Vosloo, Patricia Velásquez, Freddie Boath, Dwayne Johnson, Alun Armstrong, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Shaun Parkes, Bruce Byron, Joe Dixon, Tom Fisher, Aharon Ipalé

What's the Story?

Rick and Evelyn O’Connell, along with their 8-year-old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King’s might: the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and isn’t above kidnapping its new bearer, Alex, to gain control of Anubis’s otherworldly army.


Content Ratings

What's in the title & why it matters

Language Mild
2/5

Mild profanity appears infrequently, including a couple of uses each of "damn," "god," "hell," and "a_s," two uses of "goddamn," and "bastard" cut off before completion.

Drinking, Drugs & Smoking Mild
1/5

one character takes a drink of wine.

Violence & Scariness Moderate
3/5

Violence is frequent and supernatural throughout. A man has his limbs torn off by a monster. Another has his hand crushed to mush by a spell, with no blood shown. A snake drains its victims' skin dry, also without blood. Imhotep uses his powers to levitate two men and slam them into stone pillars. Two intense battle sequences also occur.

Sex, Romance & Nudity Mild
2/5

Romantic content includes several passionate kissing scenes between Evy and Rick, and between Anck-su-namun and Imhotep, including one where she kisses his skeletal form. Two women fight while wearing bustiers and short skirts. Anck-su-namun is shown walking in a thong with her buttocks visible, in a non-sexual context.

Diverse Representations Mild
2/5
Flow & Focus Mild
2/5
Positive Role Models Mild
2/5
Products & Purchases Mild
1/5

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