As I took baby steps trying to "Walk- like- an- Egyptian" towards the screening with a notepad scribbled with questions, I managed to pull myself together and bury myself in the seat with my eyes fixed on the Egyptian princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella).
Flash forward to the present day, with Cruise as Nick Morton, a soldier and, as he puts it, "liberator of precious antiquities" who - while fortune-seeking in Iraq - inadvertently awakens Ahmanet, who winds up wreaking havoc in, around and finally under London.
With a helping hand from the makeup artists the mummy/ Princess Ahmanet was truly the show stopper of this Horror action thriller fantasy overshadowing Tom cruise himself! Photo Credit: Universal Pictures. Sofia Boutella in The Mummy. What follows are some decent, effects-laden scenes of catastrophe - a wild plane crash, a auto chase, some underwater thrills and a few minutes of body slamming with both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
The creative team on this action-adventure event is led by director/producer Alex Kurtzman and producer Chris Morgan.
For a writer as good as Kurtzman, the characters in The Mummy are atrocious.
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It was impossible, though, to keep other monsters out of the Tom Cruise-starring film entirely devoid of easter eggs. Why is it partly a zombie comedy, in which Nick is pestered by an undead wisenheimer (Jake Johnson)? The same problem goes for Jenny Halsey (Annabelle Wallis), whose entire arc in the film is based on her having a fling with Cruise's Morton off-screen.
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The film's humor is amusing, but not in the way it intends to be. Yes, there is action but his character is more self-centered here than we have seen him play in the past though. While Nick can't figure out if he is alive or dead, if he's hallucinating, whether he's a good man or a bad man, a suspicious doctor Jekyll sagely tells Nick that chicken soup and a good night's sleep are not going to cure him of this curse. Cruise's performance in the film is so insane and unhinged that it brings to mind Nicolas Cage in The Wicker Man remake or Vampire's Kiss. Inverse has pointed at that within its hallowed halls, if you're really looking closely, you'll find a link to the 1999 Mummy film starring Brendan Fraser.
Even if Universal's monster movies do not achieve the same kind of brand strength as offerings from Marvel or DC, they could still be a profitable venture for the studio. It's the final portion, especially, where the movie falls apart and makes little sense, even allowing that this isn't one of those projects meant to be overthought.
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