The Mummy

The Mummy

Rating 6 out of 10

This movie is getting pounded in the reviews so when my son inlaw Gerard and I working in South Carolina decided to catch a movie we kept expectations low.  That was a good thing.  By keeping expectations low it was actually better than we expected.  Not a great movie, but not something I regret seeing.

First of all this movie has absolutely nothing to do with the 1999 (has it really been EIGHTEEN years???)  Brendan Fraser movie of the same title.  Not one bit.  Not sure what they could have named this movie but it seems they could have come up with something different.  Here in the Middle East we have a couple military guys (Tom Cruise and Jake Johnson) more concerned with swiping gold artifacts than fighting ISIS.  When they stumble upon an ancient burial ground with a little help from Jenny (the lovely Annabelle Wallis) they to the surprise of no one in my theater (all six of us on a Wednesday night) unearth an evil temptress Ahmanet who (hold on to your hat) wants to take over the world and kill most if not all of man kind.

When she is brought up from her mummy state she is able to call upon her mummy friends to track down Cruise who somehow by killing him helps her take over the world.  A great cast including Russell Crow as Dr Jeckyll (still not sure what part he played) and the now popular Sofia Boutella as Ahmanet.

With this cast this movie should have been much better.  The end leaves open for a Part II which I feel will never come.  Action is pretty good.  Effects are even better.  Like I said great cast.  If you can catch it on an early show it's not bad.  Otherwise wait to rent if you like these type movies.