The Mummy Returns 4K (2001) Ultra HD 2160P REMUX

It is 1933, and 8 years have passed since dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell and fearless Egyptologist Evelyn fought for their lives against a 3000-year-old enemy named Imhotep. Rick and Evelyn are married now, raising their son Alex in London. A chain of events finds the mummy of Imhotep resurrected in the British Museum, walking the earth once more in his search for immortality. But another force has also been set loose in the world - one born of the darkest rituals of ancient Egyptian mysticism, and even more powerful than Imhotep. When these two forces clash, the fate of the world will hang in the balance, sending the O'Connells on a desperate race to save the world from unspeakable evil and rescue their son before it's too late.

The Mummy Returns 4K (2001) Ultra HD 2160P REMUX Reviews
The Mummy Returns doesn't display an image that's quite as dynamic as The Mummy. Still, Universal's 2160p/HDR-enhanced UHD presentation offers a massive upgrade over the Blu-ray. The image is impressively filmic, with light grain retention obvious, but the image overall plays a bit smoother and flatter than The Mummy. Details are sturdy and dense. Much of the movie's first half -- the half that could play -- is very dark. Shadow details hold up well and blacks never drift too far into excessively bright and washed out territory. The film opens with bright, sun-drenched exteriors and the few minutes that played prior to malfunction return the movie to a much more forgiving exterior area. These segments look magnificent. While there are some unnatural white pops and speckles visible along the bright blue skies, they're relatively few in number and usually hard to spot. Details are very sharp here, naturally so, allowing for dusty objects, various styles of clothing, and skin textures to reveal their inherent complexities with ease. Colors are very firm in the movie's earthy palette. A few standout primaries sparkle, but the movie maintains its desert-y palette for the duration. Comparatively speaking, detailing enjoys a very steep improvement over the Blu-ray. Textural nuance is astronomically enhanced. Image clarity is strikingly higher. Where the Blu-ray appears very pasty and flat, the UHD is the exact opposite. Color depth and density are improved as well. The platte never looks different, but it's much firmer, more capable of finding the proper nuance and balance necessary to bring the movie to life.
The Mummy Returns features a DTS:X Master Audio soundtrack. The presentation offers a rip-roaring sort of listen right from the beginning. The large-scale battle is super aggressive, perhaps to the point over saturation but since it's all mayhem and offers few, if any, finer-point sounds to get lost in the shuffle, it proves an enjoyable experience as shouts, sword clanks, shield thumps, and the general din of battle fills the stage. Overheads are not used discretely, necessarily, but there's no mistaking their complimentary use to create a much more involved, robust, and immersive sensation. Music enjoys excellent width and, again, no shortage of surround implementation. Clarity never misses much along the way and supportive bass is well balanced. Atmospherics are pleasing and add a good bit of life to the track. Dialogue reverberation in tight tombs is a highlight, with the backs and overheads both working to recreate the environment and effortlessly pull the listener in. Dialogue is clear and well prioritized. Again, this review only applies to, essentially, the film's first half due to problematic discs.