A punk rock version of the 1932 movie of the same name

Rating: 6/10 (8 January 2020)

The Mummy stars Brendan Fraser, and Rachel Weisz. The film is set in 1925 and involves a group of archeologists who are hunting for the lost ancient city of Hamunaptra. However the group accidently awakens an ancient mummy who begins wreaking havoc in order to find his long lost girlfriend. This movie is loosely adapted from the 1932 movie and it has nothing to do with the Mummy starring Tom Cruise. I'm not going to talk about the Mummy with Tom Cruise because that's another review for another day. But this version of the Mummy will always be better than previous one we got, but I never saw the original let alone heard of it so I can't really compare the two. But this Mummy feels like it was a passion project from director Stephen Sommers. And while the jokes feel like they were just made up on the spot or maybe it tries too hard to be Indiana Jones, it is entertaining. Before the Uncharted games were released this is what Uncharted would've looked liked. And somewhere deep in my brain led me to believe that Stephen Sommers directed his own Uncharted movie which he made a sequel later. And a couple of years later someone from Naughty Dog watched the Mummy and decided to the movie into a video game franchise. And Brendan Fraser was also the inspiration of Nathan Drake, who brings humor to the movie. And occasionally it feels like he's trying way too hard to be romantic or portray Indiana Jones, you can't hate on the person. This movie came out in 1999, and for a time the special effects team did an amazing job creating the Mummy and all the other special effects involved. But when you watch it now, it feels outdated compared to the special effects we have today, but its still entertaining no matter how awful you think it seems. So in the end, The Mummy is a solid adventure movie that lacks humor and romance, but it makes up for its special effects that I would like to think would make Boris Karloff proud.