The Mummy
Directed by Stephen SommersAt an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.
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The Mummy Ratings & Reviews
- Daniel GustavssonOctober 13, 2024Just a great movie with that adventurous 90s feeling.
- Donald WinzerMarch 19, 2025Pure fun
- Ty LeetApril 9, 2025What a solid fun time, the critics just didn’t get it
- ayayronApril 19, 2025...Hamunaptra? - Yeah, I was there. You swear? - Every damn day.
- Daniel TaylorJuly 5, 2025Reminds me of being in high school. Love it 😊
- mickerdooJune 24, 2025Over the top ridiculous but in the right ways. Some laughable effects. Weisz is a firecracker. Fraser is a man's man. Nice genre blend.
- treidonmusicMarch 16, 2025Absolute classic
- 匚卂尺ㄥFebruary 2, 2025As some of you may or may not be aware, "The Mummy" has been a Hollywood horror film staple since Boris Karloff first got bandaged up as the eponyous villain from the pyramids in 1933. Since then, there have been myriad iterations of The Mummy, with about 99.9% of those films drowning in their own schlock. Saying they were entirely awful & entirely forgettable is being too kind. So, it was with some pleasure that I discovered this movie which, defying the odds, is a more than worthy remake of the original. For those of you unfamiliar with the genre that was spawned by Karloff in 1933, The Mummy rises from a dusty tomb to avenge some wrong. The wrong usually has to do with a curse warning that truly dreadful things await anyone who defiles a tomb by entering it. Of course, no self-respecting archaeologist, or tomb robber, or adventurer, etc., pays any attention to the warning, especially if there's treasure involved. Once the tomb has been breached, The Mummy, who has been cursed to guard the tomb for eternity, never being able to truly die, rises & takes vengeance on the interlopers. And once risen, The Mummy proves very adept at killing everything that gets in his way. He also proves to be remarkably hard to kill himself. It's usually only the movie's hero, big surprise here, that is finally able to vanquish this original version of the walking dead. This movie was Brendan Fraser's break-out role. He plays Rick O'Connell, a down-on-his-luck an ex-Legionnaire who happens to know where a treasure city is buried. Unfortunately, for all involved, the treasure city is guarded by the mummy of an Egyptian High Priest named Imhotep. Imhotep was condemned to a living death when he tried to resurrect his lost love by employing blasphemous methods really frowned on by the religious establishment of the era. Fraser's O'Connell strikes all the right chords for this type of film. He's rough around the edges & has little to lose by going treasure hunting. He's also raffishly charming & handsome, traits not lost on Rachel Weisz, who plays Evie, the would-be (because she's a women) archaeologist whose discovery of a lost treasure map sets the whole adventure in motion. This was something of break-out role for Weisz as well, opening her up for roles that would eventually lead to an Oscar. As Evie, Weisz strikes the perfect balance between a young women determined to come into her own as an archaeologist & a klutch who is constantly triggering events that endanger her & give O'Connell yet another chance to save her. John Hanna turns in a bravura performance as Evie's often drunk & always on the make older brother. He steals every scene he's in & his turns at comic relief are one of the many things that make the tongue-in-cheek elements of the movie work so well. All in all, this is the type of swash-buckler, now called an "action" movie, that Hollywood used to be so good at producing. The good guys are really good, the bad guys are really bad & everyone is havin' a rockin' time in the desert. This one rates 2 bowls of buttered popcorn at least! Enjoy.
- Drake707November 17, 2024Dope movie
