Of course, not a slight panic in his eyes. There is a superhero feel to this, be it in terms of action or characters.Įven Rusell Crowe’s Henry Hyde inspired character doesn’t find itself to be a perfect fit in this story.Ĭruise’s character, on the other hand, seems like it’s just out of the Mission Impossiblefilms where he moves from one action bit to another. This new film comes with one big twist and that itself pulls it apart from the rest of the franchise. Originally, the Mummy series has been successful in providing light horror with historic twists and was a fun affair till the Brendon Fraser times. Well, I’d say from the start of the film, the Dark Universe logo is the only dark thing that you may see here. The Mummy comes as the first in Universal’s special ‘Dark Universe’ studio that is expected to revive all monster films belonging to the studio under one fancy banner. Will he succeed at stopping Ahmanet? The Mummy Review The Mummy Review: Script Analysis Yet with Halsey by his side, Morton’s biggest challenge is to stop the resurrected monster from her furious rampage through the streets of London. His strange connection to her pulls him towards her. Interestingly, Ahmanet is a forgotten Egyptian queen who was mummified alive and is now set to return through her chosen one, who is Nick. In this discovery, he is also accompanied by Jenny Halsey (Annabelle Wallis) who is an archaeological expert. This time, in the middle eastern war zone, Nick along with Chris, accidentally unearths the tomb of evil Egyptian sorceress Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella). He and his colleague, Chris (Jake Johnson) steal antiquities during their mission and make money from the black market. Nick Morton (Tom Cruise) is a soldier by profession but a thief by virtue.

Queen from the mummy movies