![]() It refuses to commit to a genre, and instead offers lukewarm versions of all the genres and themes it mines for inspiration. ![]() The Mummy is a horror movie that stops short of being scary, and an action movie that spends too much time creeping around in the dark. It draws from way too many sources to try and make the Universal’s new cinematic universe as appealing as possible. ![]() With all of those pieces in place, the biggest problem with The Mummy lies in its desire to kickstart the studio’s “ Dark Universe” films. Kingsman: The Secret Service actress Sofia Boutella plays the role of Ahmanet, who makes Nick the focus of a deadly curse and wreaks all kinds of supernatural havoc as she pursues him around the world.Īs the adventure plays out, Nick encounters the mysterious organization Prodigium, led by Russell Crowe’s manipulative Henry Jekyll ( watch Jekyll’s transformation), and gets some help from archeologist Jenny Halsey, played by Peaky Blinders actress Annabelle Wallis. ![]() The Mummy is a horror movie that isn’t scary and an action movie that spends too much time in the dark.ĭirected by Alex Kurtzman, the co-writer and producer on the first two Star Trek films in the rebooted series and co-writer on the first two live-action Transformers movies, The Mummy casts Cruise as opportunistic soldier Nick Morton, who accidentally discovers the prison tomb of ancient Egyptian princess Ahmanet.
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