Review of The Mummy (2017) by Rebecca31 — 08 Jun 2017

Kicking off the Dark Universe we have The Mummy, and what an awful way to start yet another franchise of seemingly never ending movies simply there to make as much money as possible. I had low expectations but it’s even worse than I imagined.

Tom Cruise is in the desert and Tom Cruise is in a tomb and Tom Cruise is on a plane and Tom Cruise is so in your face all the time that I was actually rooting for the Mummy. Too bad the Mummy was as insignificant as the rest of the characters because this movie is all about, you guessed it.

TOM CRUISE! On more than one occasion I had to resist the urge to fall asleep but oh don’t worry if you do decide to take a little nap because every single character will take a turn at explaining the plot to you.

I could go on a rant about the lazy story, the miscasting and the cringy dialogue but who has the time. On a technical note a monster movie should never be released in 3D, aside from the increase in price 3D movies can lose up to 75% of light and 30% of colour so by all means make a colourful animation in 3D but not a dark and dreary monster movie set in London.

And for what? A bird flying straight into your face and a mummified hand reaching out to you. Not worth it. Yet another failed monster movie to add to the ever growing pile of rubbish. Go see anything else instead or better yet watch the 1999 version because you better believe this version makes Brendan Fraser’s Mummy look like an absolute masterpiece.

Not a chance am I recommending this.