The Mummy Film Review

Finished watching The Mummy, directed by Alex Kutzman and starring Russell Crowe, Sofia Boutella, Tom Cruise, Jake Johnson and Annabelle Wallis. The film opens with a group of London Underground worker stumbling on to a mass grave of knight from the 12th century as the organisation named Prodigium takes over to investigate as their leader Dr Henry Jekyll (Russell Crowe) notices the story of Egyptian Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella) on the wall above. Meanwhile in Iraq army officer Nick Morton (Tom Cruise) and Sargent Chris Vail (Jake Johnson) who are looking for treasure in hope make money on the black market with what they find, only to find themselves in trouble in a local town as Chris calls for an air strike to save them which leads to the two finding an ancient Egyptian underground passage to the tomb of Princess Ahmanet. The two are soon join by archeologist Jennifer Halsey (Annabelle Wallis) to take a professional look at the tomb, where Nick inadvertently begins to wake up Ahmanet inside her Sarcophagus when he brakes the chains holding it in place. Overall this was a decent film as it 

sets up the groundwork for what could and hopefully will be a very interesting cinematic universe consisting of the classic cult horror monsters. The relationship between Nick and Chris is great as it allows for some funny comedic interactions between the two while also helping to drive the plot forward. The character of Princess Ahmanet is very intriguing with how the film try's to make her a slightly sympathetic villain by diving into her past in ancient Egypt. While her look and design seems to fit with in the world very nicely and the way that she finds and creates henchmen is simply awesome. The introduction of Dr Jackal already having his Hyde counterpart and the way he plays a part in this world is extremely interesting, however some of the dialogue Jackal uses to describe himself brings about a ton more questions with how his dual personalities work. 6.5/10.