First and foremost, this new horror-adventure film from director Stephen Sommers has been mis-marketed. The coming attraction trailer makes the film look as if it is a horror film; however, it's actually more of a comedy, and a pretty unfunny one at that.

Brendan Fraser plays a soldier of fortune who leads a team, including love interest Rachel Weisz, into the desert in search of treasure. Of course, they get more than they bargained for. The film takes way too long to get going. It offers an old Saturday morning serial feel, but all the unnecessary one-liners make it play like an extremely low-rent Indiana Jones film.

However, The Mummy isn't completely without merit. It does offer some eye-popping visual effects and a fun showdown between Fraser and an army or mummy soldiers that reminded me of Sam Raimi's hilarious Army of Darkness--but it wasn't enough to keep me interested. As for Fraser, he's proven himself to be an actor with great range (he was superb in last years Gods and Monsters), but he's a little too goofy in a film that's also a bit too goofy for its own good.