Rachel Weisz: Evelyn Carnahan • Nefertiri

The Mummy Returns

Evelyn Carnahan • Nefertiri

Evelyn: It's only a chest. No harm ever came from opening a chest.
Rick: Yeah, right, and no harm ever came from reading a book. You remember how that one went?

Rick: And let me guess. It was commanded by, uh, the Scorpion King guy?
Evelyn: Yes, but he only awakens once every 5,000 years.
Rick: Right. And if someone doesn't kill him, then he's gonna wipe out the world.
Evelyn: How did you know?
Rick: I didn't. But that's always the story.
Evelyn: The last known expedition to actually reach Ahm Shere was sent by Ramses the Fourth over 3,000 years ago. He sent over a thousand men.
Rick: And none of them was ever seen again.
Evelyn: How did you know?
Rick: I didn't. But that's always the story.

[as Evy fights Imhotep's followers skillfuly with a sword]
Alex: Whoa, Mom! When did you learn to do that?
Evelyn: [surprised look on her face] I have no idea.
[a thug grabs her by the throat and pushes her against the wall. She knees him in the groin and decks him with a right hook]
Evelyn: *That* I learned from your father.

Rick: Right. She's a reincarnated princess, and I'm a warrior for God.
Ardeth Bay: And your son leads the way to Ahm Shere. Three sides of the pyramid. This was all preordained thousands of years ago.
Evelyn: But how does the story end?
Ardeth Bay: Ah, only the journey is written, not the destination.
Rick: Convenient.

[after their narrow escape, Izzy cheers wildly, then rounds on O'Connell, furious]
Izzy: O'Connell. You almost got me killed!
Rick: [shrugs weakly] At least you didn't get shot.
Evelyn: Izzy! Thank you!
[kisses Izzy on the cheek]
Evelyn: Thank you!
[kisses Izzy on the cheek again]
Jonathan: [with his diamond] Yes! Yes! Yes!
Izzy: [considerably more mellow] O'Connell, who the hell you been messin' with this time, huh?
Rick: Oh, you know, the usual. Mummies, pygmies, big bugs.

[Evie is trying to bribe Rick into checking out the Oasis of Ahm Shere]
Evelyn: I think the bracelet is some sort of guide to the lost oasis of Ahm Shere.
Rick: Evy, I know what you're thinking, and the answer is no. We just got home.
Evelyn: That's the beauty of it. We're already packed.
Rick: Why don't you just give me one good reason?
Evelyn: It's just an oasis... darling. A beautiful... exciting... romantic... oasis.
Rick: Hmm. The kind with the white, sandy beach and the palm trees and the cool, clear, blue water and... We could have some of those big drinks with the little umbrellas.
Evelyn: Sounds good.
Rick: Sounds too good. What's the catch?
Evelyn: Supposedly it's the resting place of Anubis's army.
Rick: Ah, ya see? I knew there's a catch. There's *always* a catch.

Izzy: Remember that bank job in Marrakesh?
Evelyn: Bank job?
Rick: It's not like it sounds.
Izzy: Ah, it's exactly how it sounds. I'm flying high, *hiding* in the sun. The white boy here flags me down, so I fly in low for the pickup. The next thing I know, I get shot! I'm lying in the middle of the road with my spleen hanging out and I see him waltzing up with some belly dancer girl.
Evelyn: Belly dancer girl? Izzy, I think you and I should talk.
Izzy: As long as I don't get shot.

Rick: [talking about Alex] I swear, the kid gets more and more like you every day.
Evelyn: What, you mean more attractive, sweet and... devilishly charming?
Rick: No, he's driving me crazy.

[after Anck Su Namun wins the duel with Nefertiri]
Anck Su Namun: [in Ancient Egyptian] You are learning quickly, Nefertiri. I'll have to watch my back.
Princess Nefertiri: [in Ancient Egyptian] Yes... and I'll watch mine.

Baltus Hafez, the Curator: [chanting in Ancient Egyptian language]
Imhotep: [growling and breaking out of the gold mineral, he looks at the cult]
Evelyn: Imhotep.
Imhotep: [Angrily in Ancient Egyptian] Argh! What year is it?
Baltus Hafez, the Curator: [in Ancient Egyptian] My Lord, it is the Year of the Scorpion.
Imhotep: Truly?
Baltus Hafez, the Curator: Yes!
Imhotep: [laughs, then Meela enters as Anck-Su-Namun]

Rick: Evy, I know you haven't exactly been yourself lately with all these dreams and visions...
Evelyn: No, no, they're memories from my previous life. Honestly, I'm not losing my mind. It all makes perfect sense now.
Rick: And that's the reason why we found the bracelet?
Evelyn: Exactly. I was its protector.
Ardeth Bay: Now do you believe, my friend? Clearly, you were destined to protect this woman.

Ardeth Bay: [after Alex is abducted] Please, do not fear for your son, my friends. They cannot hurt him, for he wears the bracelet of Anubis.
Evelyn: Alex is wearing the bracelet?
Rick: When he put it on, he said he saw the pyramids at Giza, he saw the temple at Karnak.
Ardeth Bay: Yes, and when they reach Karknak, the bracelet will show him the next step of the journey.
Evelyn: Well, if we don't get to Karnak before them, we won't have any idea where to look for him next.
Rick: Seems to me like we need a magic carpet.