Tuesday 23 October 2018

The Mummy (2017)

One very confused movie.

Nick (Tom Cruise) is a greedy soldier who values wealth over all things and when he uncovers a sarcophagus of a cursed ancient Egyptian things get very bad, and very strange.

This is one reboot that definitely doesn't work for me with characters being stupid, scary things being funny, plot points not making sense, and surprisingly a lack of acting skill for some people. Tom Cruise is good, but his character is basically unlikable.

Just kill me know sand storm. Kill me now.

Adding Russel Crowe's character and organization is also just ... wrong. I suspect even he knew how absurd it was based on some of his scenes. Despite some comedy bits working well and decent enough effects this isn't one I'd watch again, and only give it out 1.5 camel spiders of 5.

4 comments:

  1. I love all the Brendan Fraser Mummy films. I’m a fan of the old Universal Monsters. But this. It looked awful, and senseless. Why so completely and horribly re-do a popular film when there are plenty of other Monsters they could have done anew?

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    1. Exactly! Action Comedy is not really Tom Cruise's strong suit and that's what this turned into.

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  2. So the best part of the movie is the trailer that shows the "four pupils"? That'd make sense.

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    1. No no, the four pupils thing was also stupid. The best part is soldier Tom forgetting how to use a hand gun. >.<

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