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The film opens with an archaeological team excavating an ancient tomb. A mysterious character appears and asks everyone to leave the scene and deliver him back to the tomb. The character then speaks a lot of intriguing questions to curious viewers. After some scenes on television, we come to the story of the female side evil character – Princess Ahmanet – to understand her private life story. This is also the source of the movie content.
The first half of Mummy made me excited. Content not to the extent of dramatic hard to guess, but considering the “quality” of entertainment is quite good. See Mummy that I feel like playing Evil Dead Regeneration game, where zombies are so out of the sky. Movies occasionally have the double threat of startling players like horror movies.
Personally, I find Mummy movies not bad, but if it’s good or not, it’s not that bad. There are many circumstances you can guess the content, not even a lot of drama. Character introduction is quite vague and does not clarify the love story of the couple in the film makes me feel not convinced. Especially when Mummy’s late-term acting feels like watching a novel loving movie. At the viewer’s point of view, I think the movie can be longer, focusing more on the character’s love story, it will be more attractive and satisfying. But the final battle was disappointing. Even when it made me feel quite illogical.
Female lead Jenny Halsey (Annabelle Wallis) is also beautiful but acting is not impressive. She was a bit “stiff” and did not show any emotions for the character. If I’m not mistaken then Annabelle plays Maggie in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is shown recently. But this movie I do not watch, but just realized she plays Mia in horror film Annabelle. The name of the film that coincides with her name is probably coincidental.
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In return, the evil shoulder (Sofia Boutella) in the show is more beautiful and acting is better than the female lead a bit. She played a lot of movies that I guess moviegoers have known. My favorite role in Sofia is Eva in StreetDance 2. The last boss role in Kingsman: The Secret Service is quite impressive in action. Ahmanet’s role is really impressive about “career status”. At first, this character had a brilliant performance, pretty “unmatched” and almost “invincible”, but later I did not understand what is happening. Although more and more sharp and stronger, but the character suddenly “down” unexpected. Feeling like the first half of the film, talented writers have thrown out some cool ideas to attract viewers. At the end of the film they do not know how to solve the problem, then “de-buff” character for the movie ends.
Nick Morton played by Tom Cruise has nothing to say. Still a familiar way of acting from the series Mission Impossible, sometimes funny, sometimes looks quite honest (but actually pretending). Most of the movies played by Tom Cruise are characters like this, so I do not like it. It’s so familiar, in other words, that I’ve already mastered this character style. Although in the movie, Tom Cruise’s character brings a bit of laughter to the audience but his sense of fame is used to draw viewers to the cinema.
Actually, I do not encourage you to watch this movie unless you just want to see something for pure entertainment. The dark universe sounds good, but the characters in it are not attractive. Furthermore, the reboot version of the Mummy series, but really the 2017 version can not overcome the overwhelming shadow of the movie in 1999. There is no sense of “mummy” in it. The content is not what you imagine or think it will look something like the 1999 version.
Plot and Storytelling
This is an introduction that goes to the very ancient past in Egypt. A half-century back, Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella) betrays her family and is mummified alive as punishment. Fast forward to the present, and it shifts to Nick Morton (Tom Cruise), a soldier of fortune and scrounger of ancient artifacts. Alone with his partner, Chris Vail (Jake Johnson), Morton finds Ahmanet’s tomb while on military operation in Iraq. However, instead of treasure, they unleash a string of supernatural events as the awakened princess begins to seek her lost power and wreak havoc on the earth.
The first half of the movie struggles in storytelling. It goes nowhere in constructing Morton or getting him intertwined with Ahmanet’s curse. It tries to balance action, horror, and myth, but it generally does not very well integrate these components. The plot itself is rather predictable and quite conventional, which really interferes with the amount of intrigue and suspense.
Character Development
Nick Morton is the character played by Tom Cruise, and indeed, much of this film revolves around Cruise- probably his charm and physicality would be visible. But this time, there’s a lack of depth in his character. Morton begins as a roguish artifact hunter, but rushes to a transformation that isn’t adequately explored. The tale does not invest enough in its character arc, resulting in a character more like a vessel of action sequences than a person.
One of the films’ highlights is the performance of Sofia Boutella as Ahmanet. The vengeful mummy is elegant yet menacing and she captivates your attention, creating a physical presence that is both attractive and terrifying. Unfortunately, her backstory and motivations aren’t explored in much depth, lessening the heft of her role as antagonist.
Although they offer hints of promise, secondary characters like Jenny Halsey (Annabelle Wallis) and Dr. Henry Jekyll (Russell Crowe) are grossly underdeveloped. Merely typical in her love-interest-and-academic roles, Jenny has neither real substance beyond the generic. Meanwhile, Crowe’s brief role as Dr. Jekyll is merely for the purpose of setting up later films in the Dark Universe and not really fleshed out in this one.
Visual Effects and Special Effects
The visual and special effects form a strong merit base for the film. The action scenes flow with quite the panache; the set pieces are great, and the camera pans create a sense of high production value that permeates the entire film. The CGI showcasing Ahmanet’s supernatural powers comes off as a visual delight, with its fair share of horrifying moments and spectacles that play out splendidly.
The film creates a fitting setting for ancient Egypt, with visuals of the mummy’s curse, to boost the horror; however, at times this otherwise enchanting environment weakens due to an overt use of CGI, which, in turn, takes away from the genuine feeling of peril that practical effects tend to establish. The juxtaposition of classic monster film aesthetics and contemporary effects ends up clashing inconsistently at times.
Music and Sound Design
The score composed by Brian Tyler and sound design contribute a fair share to the tonal environment of the film. An amalgam of orchestral motifs and modern beats, it seeks to enhance further the film’s action and horror aspects. The steady cadence is wonderful for listening to, though it does not sometimes seem to correspond with the deeper thematic notes the movie strives for. The sound design manages to lift the tension in key scenes and intensify them, yet the major impact is somehow undermined by the film’s narrative’s uneven pacing.
Direction and Production
Alex Kurtzman’s direction in The Mummy very clearly envisages a blend of action and horror; however, a lack of coherence and depth in the narrative affects the realization. It is fairly evident that the filmmakers aimed at launching a new cinematic universe, yet too much of the film’s present story arc and character development seem to suffer neglect whenever a setup for a future installment seemed more enticing.
The attention to detail is commendable, but it gets a real workout with production design as it relates to resurrecting settings and artifacts from ancient Egypt. Unfortunately, the attempt to balance a grand cinematic vision with an equally cogent narrative has yielded mixed results. Quite often, the ambition to create a franchise has superseded the need for a good standalone story.
Impact and Reception
The Mummy had the intention of being the launching pad for a new era of monsters under the Dark Universe banner of Universal. Yet its reception found lukewarm, with critics and audiences disappointed in its execution and storytelling. The film’s actual struggles in character development and narrative coherence brought death to a somewhat tired, lackluster horror.
The Mummy buried the hopes of the Dark Universe, which sought to revive classic monsters like Dracula and Frankenstein. The film’s failure to woo critics and audiences has cast doubt on the future of the franchise and whether cinematic universes are even viable to see the resurrection of classic genres.
Conclusion
The Mummy (2017) is a story that combines action, adventure, and horror in an attempt to bring the classic monster genre into modern times and breathe new life into it. Featuring good special effects married to a superb, charming performance from Tom Cruise, the film suffers from its pacing, the telling of its story, and the development of its characters. The attempt to initiate an entire new cinematic universe, the Dark Universe, further complicates the equation and makes the film disjointed from the very start.
In total, The Mummy is demonstrative of some of the problems faced by contemporary reboots and cinematic universes. It points out the challenges of grand vision balancing with the need for an interesting narrative that stands on its own. The film has some interesting sight gags and a bit of fun action but cannot quite nail down a place as a memorable, cohesive entry into the realm of monster films.