Meh. The Mummy is ok, but not great.
The Mummy is yet another remake of the horror classic from the 30s. In this version, the hero is Nick (Tom Cruise), a soldier with questionable ethics and a penchant for stealing Middle Eastern antiquities for sale on the black market. When Nick's most recent scam goes wrong, he and his sidekick Chris (Jake Johnson) along with hot archeologist Annabelle, discover the lost prison/tomb of Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella). Ahmanet is a princess who was mummified and locked in this prison after she called on evil forces to try to gain power in ancient Egypt. Needless to say, the team's discovery of the tomb results in Ahmanet being set free to reign destruction on the modern world. As Nick is drawn closer and closer to Ahmanet, he must decide if he will kill her to end his curse, join her to rule the world, or maybe to set off on his own path.
This is the first film in what is hoped to be a new cinematic universe centered around the classic horror/monster characters (think-Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, etc). There is a brief introduction of the logo for "Dark Universe" at the beginning, and there are small nods to other creatures we can expect to see in future films, throughout the movie. This universe comes complete with it's own SHIELD-like organization led by Russel Crowe's character (I won't spoil the somewhat non-surprising name) with the purpose of hunting down and studying "evil." Unfortunately, The Mummy is a bit ham-handed in setting up the universe, and the plot itself suffers for it. The movie isn't fully a horror film, and it's not fully into the campy humor from the Brendan Frasier Mummy films, but it tries to include small bits of both. Unfortunately, it doesn't really succeed in either genre, nor does it fully succeed as a strictly action adventure movie.
The visuals were good but not spectacular. The acting was serviceable. The plot was fine for this type of film, but it's just a retread of what we've seen over and over. There's plenty of violence, although not a lot of blood or guts. There are plenty of zombified spooky guys running around trying to kill the heroes, and there's some small snippets of partial nudity. No foul language that I remember.
Overall, The Mummy is mediocre action/horror, but nothing special. I didn't think it was as absolutely horrible as some reviewers are saying, but mostly because I didn't have high expectations to begin with. You could definitely wait for it to come to cable, unless you are a big fan of one of the actors or really invested in mummies.
Slowguy
(insert pithy phrase here...)
The Mummy is yet another remake of the horror classic from the 30s. In this version, the hero is Nick (Tom Cruise), a soldier with questionable ethics and a penchant for stealing Middle Eastern antiquities for sale on the black market. When Nick's most recent scam goes wrong, he and his sidekick Chris (Jake Johnson) along with hot archeologist Annabelle, discover the lost prison/tomb of Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella). Ahmanet is a princess who was mummified and locked in this prison after she called on evil forces to try to gain power in ancient Egypt. Needless to say, the team's discovery of the tomb results in Ahmanet being set free to reign destruction on the modern world. As Nick is drawn closer and closer to Ahmanet, he must decide if he will kill her to end his curse, join her to rule the world, or maybe to set off on his own path.
This is the first film in what is hoped to be a new cinematic universe centered around the classic horror/monster characters (think-Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, etc). There is a brief introduction of the logo for "Dark Universe" at the beginning, and there are small nods to other creatures we can expect to see in future films, throughout the movie. This universe comes complete with it's own SHIELD-like organization led by Russel Crowe's character (I won't spoil the somewhat non-surprising name) with the purpose of hunting down and studying "evil." Unfortunately, The Mummy is a bit ham-handed in setting up the universe, and the plot itself suffers for it. The movie isn't fully a horror film, and it's not fully into the campy humor from the Brendan Frasier Mummy films, but it tries to include small bits of both. Unfortunately, it doesn't really succeed in either genre, nor does it fully succeed as a strictly action adventure movie.
The visuals were good but not spectacular. The acting was serviceable. The plot was fine for this type of film, but it's just a retread of what we've seen over and over. There's plenty of violence, although not a lot of blood or guts. There are plenty of zombified spooky guys running around trying to kill the heroes, and there's some small snippets of partial nudity. No foul language that I remember.
Overall, The Mummy is mediocre action/horror, but nothing special. I didn't think it was as absolutely horrible as some reviewers are saying, but mostly because I didn't have high expectations to begin with. You could definitely wait for it to come to cable, unless you are a big fan of one of the actors or really invested in mummies.
Slowguy
(insert pithy phrase here...)