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The Mummy

Arnold Vosloo, Brendan Fraser, John Hannah, Kevin J. O'Connor, Oded Fehr, Rachel Weisz, Stephen Dunham

Brendan Fraser stars as an American serving in the French Foreign Legion who, on an archaeological dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra accidentally awakens the Mummy.

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  • magnum32004
    October 10, 2006
    magnum32004
    A fun rollercoaster ride of action, humor, & horror.
  • stopitgoaway
    November 7, 2009
    stopitgoaway
    "The Mummy" is an adventurous yarn in the vein of "Indiana Jones." It's a lot of fun, very charming, and never tries to be more than what it is. What is it? An entertaining summer flick which is not only worth seeing, but perhaps even owning. It's one of those fun movies you can ...( read more)return to over and over again and never grow tired of doing so.

    It's hardly a remake of the Universal classic of the same name. It's merely a new way to tell the story with the same basic idea - a murderous mummy is brought back from the dead. This time we have a hero and heroine who must stop him before he takes over the world, or something along the line of world domination.

    The hero is Rick (Brendan Fraser), a thief thriving off the very basics out in Egypt circa 1930. Arrested and to be hanged, he is saved by the heroine (Rachel Weisz), who believes he may hold the key to helping them find an ancient Egyptian kingdom buried under the sand, if I recall correctly. Little does she know what lurks beneath the sand near that old kingdom is none other than the remains of a man who was caught cheating on the king's wife years ago and mummified.

    Now, after unearthing the remains of the kingdom, the expedition led by our heroes come upon an ancient "Book of the Dead," which, when read from, brings the ancient mummy back to life. Now he is out to kill, regenerate and bring back his old lover - pretty neat, huh?

    I own "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy," a great movie spoofing the classic film. "The Mummy" Isn't exactly a spoof but it's very tongue-in-cheek. It knows it isn't an Oscar-winner, it knows it stands nothing against the older film, and so it goes for pulp thrills. I actually believe that this film is a bit classy in execution - compared to many other entertainments floating around nowadays it stands as one of the only films to return to the roots of the pure adventure films like "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) so successfully did.

    Brendan Fraser is a perfect choice for the lead star. Calm, but with ironic and sarcastic humor; cool, but a strong lead. I wondered what it would have been like if they had casted an actor in his role who would have taken it all more seriously. I bet the results would have been disastrous. Fraser knows that this is all good fun, and he's having a good time playing his role with comedy. Every once and a while you can catch a wink at the screen that lets us know that he knows what he's doing.

    2001 brought a sequel to "The Mummy" named, of all things, "The Mummy Returns." I found it just as fun as this film though some critics begged to differ. Summer 2002 brought yet another "Mummy" film, this one a prequel called "The Scorpion King" - it was a following of a co-star of the first sequel. The Mummy was not in it at all. It was a horrible film that wasn't near as fun as this one. So I recommend you see "The Mummy" as soon as humanly possible. After that, see "The Mummy Returns."

    Either way, you simply can't go wrong.
  • SirPant
    September 18, 2009
    SirPant
    A great adventure film and jolly good fun!
  • dreamfaeries
    August 22, 2009
    dreamfaeries
    It was alright. Probably wouldn't watch again.
  • Darksome
    May 28, 2009
    Darksome
    Pretty great movie!
  • lopcar1993
    December 6, 2009
    lopcar1993
    While I have not seen the 1932 Universal original production starring Boris Karlof I did, however enjoy and revel in this 1999 Stephen Sommers re-imaging of the classic horror machine. While having a unique story for it's time and amazing special effects "The Mummy" i...( read more)s much more, it's an extremely well thought out film and a highly entertaining Adventure epic that is right up there with Indiana Jones.





    Stephen Sommers "The Mummy" is smart, fast paced, hilarious at times, touching at others and powerful in it's sweeping and dynamic story and atmosphere. But this film really benefits from it's strong lead performances from Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz who help elevate this film from average to great and really up the appeal and power of this film. But the real draw comes from the adventure and the excitement that is released in small capsules that in certain areas burst open and blow you away. But all in all this film is wild and crazy fun that is more well made than it should, and allot better acted and scripted than it should but you get what you want and more and in the end you won't be disappointed.




    Brendan Fraser rocks as the tough but kind heartened adventurer Rick O'Connell, his performance is key to keeping this film afloat and believable if someone else was cast I don't think it would have worked out as well seeing as the humor infused with the terror and thrills and Fraser is the only one who I can see pulling this off to the point that you don't see the actor but the character he plays. Rachel Weisz is amazing as the smart and beautiful Evelyn Carnahan she really brings the charm, the heart and the style., she is also a great focal point in this film and helps bring a human zing quality to the picture. But all in all the cast does amazing in this film and under the direction of Stephen Sommers they succeed.



    "The Mummy" is what you call outrageously entertaining and majorly exciting, it's one of those films that just captures you from the very beginning and won't let you go til the credits roll. "The Mummy" is high octane thrills mixed with old schooled horror and amazingly timed humor helps create one of the best re-imaginings of all time and one of the greatest adventure films since "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
  • beckbert46
    December 4, 2009
    beckbert46
    I dont know why but the mummy movies i could watch over and over and not get bored
  • enciflekhammer
    December 4, 2009
    enciflekhammer
    super!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • placeinthesun455
    December 3, 2009
    placeinthesun455
    Indiana Jones Brendan Fraser is not. I'll admit this movie is fun--adventurous treasure-hunting among the ancient undead is always a good time. the special effects aren't too bad either, and Rachel Weisz is just gorgeous. that being said, this movie is WAY too campy for its ow...( read more)n good. it's almost as if it takes itself way too seriously and tries to make fun of itself at the same time. while there are some humourous moments, most of the humour seems very forced and unnatural. I think if this film embraced more of its action/horror elements and focused less on being the next Indiana Jones, it would be much much better. entertaining to be sure, but not that stellar a film.
  • hrhein
    December 2, 2009
    hrhein
    Remake of Boris Karloff movie but doesn't evolve Imhotep in humaan form enough.
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