A three-hour-long made-for-TV movie. Now that's usually too much of the 'good' stuff, certainly if you know Casper Van Dien is starring in it. And yes, it's a bit of a mess, this film, especially script-wise. But there's enough evil shenanigans going on in it to keep it all mildly entertaining. Too much stuff going on, actually, because in the end you're likely to go "What was all this about again?". Casper Van Dien plays a third rate Indiana Jones out to collect the 4 parts of an ancient tabloid which were scattered around the world to protect mankind, for he who possesses all 4 of them combined, has the power to unleash great demonic evil upon the world. There's this secret society, The Hellfire Council, that already has 3 of the 4 pieces. Van Dien discovers the 4th one in the hidden tomb of King Tut. All bets are off from then on, with the Hellfire Council on his tail to steal the 4th piece and Van Dien & his buddies eventually even passing through an inter-dimensional portal to the land of Ancient Demons (or something) to go wake up sleepy King Tut to help battle the Forces of Evil. It's a whole heap of amusing nonsense juiced up with crappy CGI. Malcolm McDowell is running around in it as the head of the Hellfire Council, not doing much else than simply being the head of the Hellfire Council. Villainous Jonathan Hyde plays Van Dien's nemesis. And beautiful Leonor Valera is too cute as the archaeologist chick & Van Dien's love interest. The whole thing was clearly made to appeal to fans of Universal's blockbuster hits "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns". It goes without saying that it doesn't deliver the same kind of 'quality entertainment'.
Review of The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
