The Mummy Movie Review

The Mummy is a monster movie reboot starting Tom Cruise. It has very little to do with either the 1932 Boris Karloff version or the 1999 Brendan Fraser take on the story. Rather, it's the first in Universal's new "Dark Universe" series, which is planned to be an interconnected franchise much like the DC and Marvel superhero movies. Expect fairly strong, very loud fantasy/action violence, with some blood spatters, guns and shooting, stabbings, fighting and punching, crashes and explosions, jump scares, zombies, and a lab full of gross things. There are several mildly suggestive sexual references, too, including partly naked and/or obscured male and female bodies, kissing, a couple shown in bed together, and sensuality. Language is infrequent but includes "a--hole" and "son of a bitch," as well as "hell" and "damn." The main character, who's presented as a hard drinker, quickly downs several glasses of liquor in more than one scene, with no effect. This film marks the first Universal Mummy movie to have the central monster played by a woman.

The film is directed by Alex Kurtzman, a director, screenwriter and American producer specializing in films and series of adventures and fantasy. In 1996 he participated as creative associate in several episodes of the television series "Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995) and a few months later, in 1997, made debut like scriptwriter when writing one of the episodes of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" ( nineteen ninety five). In both series collaborated with Roberto Orci, whom he knew from the institute and with whom he worked frequently. Between 2001 and 2004 he participated in the series "Alias" (2001), created by J. J. Abrams, where he worked as a scriptwriter and producer, and made his directorial debut. Since then, he has participated in several projects with Abrams, including the films "Mission: Impossible III" (2006), "Star Trek XI" (2009) and the series "Fringe" (2008), both created with Orci. He has also starred in the production of screenplays for as many films and major series as "Transformers" (2007) and his sequel "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (2009), "Cowboys & Aliens" Star Trek "(2009) and" Star Trek Into Darkness "(2013)," The Amazing Spider-Man 2 "(2014) and Sleepy Hollow (2013) and" Hawaii 5.0 "(2010). In 2012 he directed People Like Us (2012), a family drama starring Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks, whose story centers on a young man who, after his father's death, should send $ 150,000 to an alcoholic sister he knew nothing about.

WHAT'S THE STORY?
In THE MUMMY, Nick Morton (Tom Cruise) and Chris Vail (Jake Johnson) are military recon men who use their positions to hunt treasure in the Middle East and sell it on the black market. During one explosive mission, they discover an Egyptian tomb with a most unusual sarcophagus inside, heavily protected by a pool of mercury. Archeologist Jenny Halsey (Annabelle Wallis) and the two men liberate it. But a sandstorm arises, and a flock of birds smashes into their plane. Nick wakes up, miraculously alive but now cursed. He's now the "chosen one" of the mummy, a banished princess called Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella). She's bent on obtaining a special knife and gemstone to carry out a terrifying ritual, at the possible cost of Nick's life. Only Dr. Henry Jekyll (Russell Crowe) can help!

MOVIE INFO
Rating: PG-13 (for violence, action and scary images, and for some suggestive content and partial nudity)
Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Horror
Directed By: Alex Kurtzman
Written By: David Koepp, Christopher McQuarrie, Dylan Kussman
In Theaters: Jun 9, 2017 Wide
Runtime: 107 minutes
Music: Brian Tyler
Cinematography: Ben Seresin
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cast: Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe, Annabelle Wallis, Sofia Boutella