Brendan Fraser unwittingly unleashes a 3,000-year-old curse in "The Mummy", which has been transfered onto a feature-packed DVD.

As you'd expect with such a blockbuster release, the picture quality is excellent. Despite heavy orange/red skies and gloomy (and usually bug-filled) corridors, detail remains very good. The one complaint is that the sharpness of it all only helps to betray the CGI effects as no more than the unrealistic backdrops they are.

The 5.1 sound mix is a lot of fun, with wonderfully creepy noises haunting the rear speakers and heightening the viewer 'jump' factor.

Feature wise, this disc is a packed effort. And unlike some other DVDs out there, the extras are both well produced and entertaining. Top of the pile is the 'Building a Better Mummy' documentary, which contains some great 1932 original Boris Karloff footage. This ties in nicely with the audio commentary, where director Stephen Sommers explains how they tried to stick to the original Universal film in terms of moving away from the normal 'bandaged' Mummy look.

If you've got a DVD-ROM drive, you can hook up to the official website, send postcards, load screensavers, and play a mildly diverting bug game.

Region: 2
Chapters: 18
Ratio: 2.35:1 (anamorphic)
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Extra Features: Scene selection; Building a Better Mummy featurette; audio commentary with director Stephen Sommers and editor Bob Ducsay; special effects featurette; Egyptology 101 Ancient Egyptian facts; deleted scenes; production notes; cast and crew filmographies; animated menus; and multiple languages and subtitles. DVD-ROM features: interactive Mummy Game; two screensavers and electronic postcards.

Read our interviews with director Stephen Sommers: Part 1 and Part 2.