You’d think I’d learn from past experiences
and stop feeding shitty Asylum movies to Starkwell and Lovelock. But where would the fun be in that? Although this is the director’s only turn in
the director’s chair, he has written mockbusters like “The Da Vinci Treasure”,
and produced bullshit like “Sharknado”.
This one explores the “Dawn of the Mummy” idea of using mummies as
zombies. Unlike that one where a bikini
model photo shoot stumbles upon an Egyptian tomb, this one starts off with…
dirtbikers stumbling upon an ancient tomb… in the middle of the California ?
[...]
[Opening credits look like they come from a
Shareware game. The kind that came on
floppy disks. When I was a kid.]
Starkwell: Ugh. I don’t know if I have the stomach for this
one.
Lovelock: Let’s keep that remote handy.
[...]
And fast forward a bunch… Apparently
there’s a class on a field trip doing archaeological research. Bad acting, bad writing, BAD EVERYTHING!
[...]
Lovelock: The ‘hieroglyphics’ look like
crayon markings on posterboards.
Starkwell: If it looks like a potato, it's probably a potato.
Lovelock: Don't bring lovely potatoes into this.
[...]
More fastforwarding and WAIT, the Queen
Mummy is apparently reviving.
[...]
[Queen Mummy sits up, is glowing red, and
is naked.]
Lovelock: I guess back in the Egyptian
Mummy times, the queen would often get breast implants.
Starkwell: And end up buried in California.
[...]
There’s a girl named Kevin who seems to
have a dick (?)… I don’t know. We’ve
been fast forwarding a lot. But I think the Queen pointed at a dick print in her jeans. Basically
the Queen is roaming around and sucking the souls out of dudes. But she, for whatever reason, always gets
naked right before she melts dudes.
[...]
Starkwell: Where is the ‘legion’ of the
dead?
[Eventually a handful of Mummies do show up
attacking some of them… they easily defend themselves with pool supplies like a Shepherd's Hook or one of those skimmer poles.]
Lovelock: I think the writers had a "Lesion of the Head".
Starkwell: Solid.
Starkwell: Solid.
[...]
After some more minor mummy mayhem, complete
with mummies that belong in a “PARTYMANIA” or “HALLOWEEN SUPERSTORE” commercial,
the main character(s) stop the Queen from sacrificing a virgin and start making
out. The girl named Kevin may or may not
have a penis, I’m still not sure. I am,
however, sure that this movie sucks.
Ironically, the shitty song playing during the credits contained the
lyric “fast forward gets me through”.
The band must have watched the movie too.
I'm never sure where I stand on mummies as zombies, but at least after reading that I do know where I stand on watching this.
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