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Rating: 7/10 (2 June 2016)

The Mummy
An easy Halloween costume for a Mummy is to go as the Invisible Man – and vise versa.
However, the resurrected priest in this action-horror movie probably doesn't own a trench coat and fedora.
While on an expedition with her brother (John Hannah) and a cocksure adventurer (Brendan Fraser), librarian Evie (Rachel Weisz) uses the Book of the Dead to awaken the imprisoned soul of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), a treacherous Egyptian holy man who assassinated the Pharaoh so he could covet his mistress.
Now Imhotep wants to use Evie as the avatar for his lost lover's damned soul.
While it does deviate greatly from the black and white Boris Karloff incarnations from the 1930s in terms of blazing gunfights and unforgettable special effects, this rollicking and eye- popping 1999 reimagining still manages to retain the overarching original message of love eternal.
Incidentally, Egyptian afterlife bares a striking resemblance to the British Museum.
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