Anther strong Cruise action flick that plays upon old stories while flipping others
Tom Cruise’s 2017 release The Mummy was another take on the Egyptian myth. It gave the story a new female twist, referenced other horror stories, while paying homage to the last Mummy franchise from 1999.<br /><br />Tom Cruise is Sergeant Nick Morton and Jake Johnson is Chris Vail. They are American soldiers and treasure hunters looking to enrich themselves while serving in Iraq. They pretend to be scouts while actually hunting down sites to loot. Nick steals a map from an archaeologist Jenny Halsey (Annabelle Wallis) that leads to a tomb that contains Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella), an Egyptian princess cursed for trying to usurp the throne. Nick and Jake unleash her soul upon the modern world. Out to stop her is Dr. Henry Jekyll (Russell Crowe). Yes it’s that Jekyll who turns into Mr. Hyde.<br /><br />Most Cruise movies these days are play it by the numbers action movies, but that’s completely okay but they are usually highly entertaining and this is no exception.<br /><br />There’s big action scenes like when Jack becomes an undead, kills his commander in a plane carrying Ahmanet’s sarcophagus and then the plan is beset by birds that make it crash. Nick and Jenny get thrown around inside and he’s able to save her with a parachute but he’s not so lucky. There are homages to the 1999 Mummy such as the book of the dead from that film as well as a sand face by Ahmanet that was also used in that previous release. There are plays on the mummy myth such as Ahmanet sucking the souls from people to revive herself, and creating an army of mummies to do her bidding. Even the inclusion of Dr. Jekyll was an interesting play upon the past. Another interesting flip of tropes was that Nick was the one being hunted down by a female evil instead of the usual play of the woman victim.<br /><br />Overall this was another good Cruise release with a smart story, plenty of gunplay and fighting all together making a good addition to the story of the Mummy.<br />C
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Tom Cruise stars in this spectacular version of the legend that has fascinated cultures all over the world since the dawn of civilization: The Mummy. Thought safely entombed deep beneath the desert, an ancient princess (Sofia Boutella) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day. Her malevolence has grown over millennia and with it come terrors that defy human comprehension. From the sands of the Middle East through modern-day London, The Mummy balances wonder, thrills, and imagination..