Trailer
Cast
Tom Cruise ... Nick Morton
Russell Crowe ... Henry Jekyll
Annabelle Wallis ... Jenny Halsey
Sofia Boutella ... Ahmanet
Jake Johnson ... Sgt. Vail
Plot
Two treasure hunters (Nick Morton and Sergeant Vail) use the wars in the middle east to go find treasures, without permission from the military. In one of their searches [acting completely kamikaze and dumb], they stumble upon an archeology site that has Egyptian symbols. Wait, so some Egyptians brought someone away from Egypt to bury them? That can't be good... Which it isn't because, lo and behold, they raise the mummy from the dead {go figure, for a Mummy movie}. Oh, but this time it is a hot chick with a penchant for Morton so she can become god-like by consecrating a relationship with someone, that she couldn't do back in Egyptian days because of the Magi. Will all the characters survive? Can they put the Mummy to bed?
Rating Criteria:
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around – characters, music, theme, storyline, etc.
1.5/5 - I was VERY disappointed in this movie. First off, why the hell would you chose AGING Tom Cruise as the main character? He gives off an ego that makes you not care for him and his whiny attitude was so much like "War of the Worlds" that I almost stopped watching the movie. [This is coming from someone that LOVES WotW, too! But that "I don't know what I'm doing but I'm confident about it" attitude really unnerved me.]
Second -
The explanation of the mummy's background was OVERDONE. First off, in the first few minutes of the movie, the character Henry Jekyll in England is talking about Princess Ahmanet and her background (BEFORE finding the tomb!!) and then we find the tomb and have to see the background story again. Seriously. >.> And yet does NOT explain her powers!
Third -
There is very poor character development and relationship explanation, especially between Morton and Halsey. So supposedly Morton and Halsey had sex and a backstory but never really explain it but for some reason *SPOILERS* Morton feels enough for her to die [become part god of death] to save her?
Fourth -
If a sword is going to be used to kill you, does it matter who stabs you? If you stab yourself, isn't the function of the sword still completing its task? Why not DESTROY it?! Oh wait, must save Halsey so maybe if I stab myself with the sword, I'll become part god of death and save her.
Fifth -
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in a Mummy movie?! WHAT THE FRICKING HELL!! Just because you're dealing with monsters, in specific the mummy returned to life with supernatural powers, doesn't mean that you need to bring in Jekyll and Hyde. At this point, I just went "Well, this is really getting knocked down because they are not explaining how he became Jekyll and Hyde. Not even using the character to help the storyline like "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", saying that someone in the Egyptian line cursed him to become Hyde.".
Sixth -
The main plot was "the mummy wants to consecrate a relationship with me so I am immune to death right now because I'm her chosen, even though I crashed in a plane without a parachute and crashed through a truck's windshield and still didn't get hurt". Um, writers of this movie? LEARN TO WRITE PLOTS!
Seventh -
There was a swimming scene that was far too extended but somehow (maybe due to the "I'm the chosen one" thought) Morton managed through without needing to get air as he was fighting these Crusader knight zombies / mummy-fodder.
Eighth -
Zombies. Seriously. >.>
Seriously.... If you value your sanity, don't watch this! Plot is terrible, relationships are poorly explained/developed, etcetera etcetera etcetera. If you want to watch a Mummy movie, watch the 1999 version with Brendan Fraser: "The Mummy".
"Everything Wrong with the Mummy in 15 Minutes or Less" by CinemaSins
*SPOILERS*
Thanks for reading my review! Next movie review is "Ghostbusters" from 2016.
~ Gracie
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