The Mummy Returns (aka the Mummy MMA)

Released in 2001, The Mummy Returns was the sequel to 1999's The Mummy, starring Brendan Frasier and Rachel Weisz. Right in the middle of the movie was a flashback scene that featured Weisz and Patricia Velasquez fighting in ancient Egypt.

The women are fighting as a game, more to hone their fighting skills than anything else. But the fighting takes on a harder edge at one point.

The fact that they are both barefoot and wearing skimpy Egyptian bikinis (did they even have such things back then? Oh, yeah, this is a Hollywood movie, never mind about facts) made this a favorite scene of mine.

Please don't confuse these Mummy films with the godawful Tom Cruise flick that was regurgitated into theaters about a year ago. Unlike the Cruise flick, these two Mummy films were a lot of fun.

There was a third Mummy movie with Brendan Frasier that took place in China. Rachel Weisz wasn't in it, and the movie overall--while not as bad as the Cruise film--was pretty dull. Just see The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001)

Universal really botched up that whole "Dark Universe" idea they had, which was going to start with the Tom Cruise Mummy. They should have brought back Brendan Frasier and Rachel Weisz, maybe playing the descendants of their characters from the first two films. Whatever. At least we have these movies...and this lovely scene. :).