Bold and brash Foreign Legion soldier Rick O'Connell agrees to take a team of archaeologists to the legendary City of the Dead to search for the long-lost treasure of Egypt's wealthiest pharaoh. But when the visitors unearth the tomb of the notorious high priest Imhotep, they find themselves faced with a torrent of terrors and a spirit whose evil knows no bounds. As Imhotep grows stronger, he threatens to devastate the world. And the only people who can stop him are O'Connell and his friends, mere mortals who are suddenly fighting for their lives - and the world's future.