What would you do if you found out you were chosen to be the human vessel of an ancient, dark power? No, I'm not talking about Sam Winchester becoming Lucifer's vessel on the TV show Supernatural (great show by the way), or the Antichrist in general. I'm talking about Set, the Egyptian god of death and destruction. You see, it seems that an Egyptian princess named Ahmanet made a pact with Set to bring him into our world via a human sacrifice of sorts in exchange for power and plunging the world into complete and utter evil. Before she can accomplish this, Egyptian gaurds capture her, and as punishment mummify her alive. Fast forward almost 5,000 years later, and a glorified grave robber named Nick Morton - with the help of some colleagues and the Army - stumbles upon her tomb and unwittingly unleashes Ahmanet onto the world to wreak havoc once again.
I wasn't expecting much, yet even then The Mummy was better than I had hoped. If you're hoping that this latest adaptation was more of the Indiana Jones-esque adventure like the Brendan Fraser trilogy from a few years go...eh, you'll be partially pleased. This latest one is far darker and more horror based than its predecessor, but it manages to find a good balance between horror and action/adventure. The trailers for the movie didn't really help much in making it look like something people would want to see, but it really wasn't that bad overall. I certainly don't think it deserves the title of worst Tom Cruise movie ever. Then again, I tend to be a bit more forgiving that most when it comes to entertainment.
Similar to Enchantress in Suicide Squad, Sofia Boutella as Ahmanet wasn't given all that much to work with. Yet what little we see from her was really good, and really creepy. I also enjoyed Annabelle Wallis as the archaeologist Jenny Halsey. She was more than just a stereotypical damsel in distress/love interest for Tom Cruise's main character. As far as Tom Cruise himself goes, this isn't his worst role, but I wouldn't rank it too high on his list of great roles to date.
As pretty much everyone knows by now, The Mummy is set to be the starting point for a connected "Dark Universe", where all of Universal Studio's classic monsters - Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, possibly Dracula, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Wolfman, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein's Monster (and his bride), along with The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera - will be coming together. It's still not clear whether it will be similar to Marvel/Dc Comics, where the monsters will team up to destroy a greater evil, or if it'll be more like Freddy vs. Jason, a "Fight Night" of sorts where they all try to kill each other. Either way, I'm personally interested in where this Dark Universe is heading. Between you and me, I'm hoping it's more of a "Fight Night". My only wish is that Dracula Untold was a part of it, but I understand the reasons behind that decision.
If you're looking for a couple hours to kill, The Mummy is a pretty good way to do so. Here's hoping it's an uphill climb from here for the rest of the Monster Mash.
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