legend of the mummy start in egypt 1947 and the vally of the sorcerer where a young john corbeck carry out a bit of tomb rob . jump forward to the present day and marin county california where egyptian artifact collector abel trelawny ( lloyd bochner ) read some ancient incantation from a stone tablet and he be attack shortly after and find in a coma by his daughter margaret ( amy locane ) . worry and unsure what to do she contact her ex boyfriend robert wyatt ( eric lute ) to and well i be not sure really but he go round her house to be with her anyway . there robert find abel in a coma and a set of bizarre instruction he leave behind to be follow to the letter and robert soon realise that something odd be go on and seek the advice of john corbeck ( louis gossett jr. ) who tell a tale about queen tera ( rachel naples ) who be use magical influence and abel to reincarnate herself . co write and executive produce and direct by jeffrey obrow one have to say that legend of the mummy be rubbish and that all there be to it . the script by obrow and john penney be an adaptation of bram stoker novel the jewel of the seven star which have be previously adapt to film a the hammer horror film blood from the mummy tomb ( 1971 ) and the big budget the awakening ( 1980 ) both of which be much and much good than legend of the mummy which take itself far too seriously and everything be play with a straight face and it doesn not work . the character be awful and the dialogue be so dry and tedious it become a chore to listen to and the story be a mess with all sort of dull plot strand go on all of which come to nothing and a criminal lack of blood and gore or mummy activity . at almost 100 minute legend of the mummy be far too long and if it doesn not put you to sleep you will lose interest well before the painfully obvious twist end . the main problem be the story which be so fragmented and slow go i lose all interest in it and there confuse sub plot about a mummy that hide behind an old mattress in abel basement ( . ) and be then forget about and lot of spiritual nonsense spout by corbeck which amount to nothing and chop up mummy bury in abel garden ( . ) and the number seven be a recur motif for no reason include the fact queen tera have seven finger ( . ) and several bore flashback as well a some rubbish about a red jewel . add this to the total lack of gore or horror element and we have get a turkey on our hand which be best avoided . director obrow film this in the most static and boring and unadventurous way imaginable and it have all the pace and style and energy of a fishing instruction video . there no gore apart from someone have their finger pull off during a dream sequence so forget about any . since the film be so lethargic and dull it not scary and there no tension or atmosphere . i will admit though that the production design be quite nice and set during the present but set in a hose full of antique and period furniture legend of the mummy do look like a 20 or 30 period piece in keep with the traditional mummy film . to be honest if you want to watch a decent mummy flick then go for the big budget the mummy ( 1999 ) or it sequel the mummy return ( 2001 ) which be far superior to this in every way . with a supposed budget of about $ 2 and 000 and 000 legend of the mummy have a pretty decent budget which be probably why it look quite nice and it a shame there isn not more mummy action and more gore and more style and a good more straight forward story . the acting be very stilted and no one seem to put much effort in and lou gossett jr. be win an oscar for his role in an officer an a gentleman ( 1982 ) not so long ago and needless to say he would not be get one for legend of the mummy . legend of the mummy and or bram stoker legend of the mummy a it also know be a tepid and dull and bland and bore none event of a horror film with a confused plot and no gore and minimum mummy action . when i watch a mummy film i do not want it to spend most of the film hide behind an old mattress in a basement .