The Mummy

3.50
    The Mummy
    1999

    Synopsis

    Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

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    Cast

    • Brendan FraserRick O'Connell
    • Rachel WeiszEvelyn Carnahan
    • John HannahJonathan Carnahan
    • Arnold VoslooImhotep
    • Patricia VelásquezAnck-Su-Namun
    • Oded FehrArdeth Bay
    • Kevin J. O'ConnorBeni Gabor
    • Jonathan HydeAllen Chamberlain
    • Erick AvariTerence Bey
    • Stephen DunhamIsaac Henderson

    Recommendations

    • 88

      New York Post

      Cheerful, slightly cheesy entertainment that uses the latest special-effects techniques to breathe life into a venerable film tradition.
    • 75

      Chicago Sun-Times

      There is hardly a thing I can say in its favor, except that I was cheered by nearly every minute of it. I cannot argue for the script, the direction, the acting or even the mummy, but I can say that I was not bored and sometimes I was unreasonably pleased.
    • 70

      Chicago Reader

      A pretty good job of zipping things along and occasionally scaring us, and the digital effects are fun.
    • 67

      Entertainment Weekly

      There is much to look at--it's like spending two hours in Michael Jackson's Undead Neverland--but not a lot at stake.
    • 63

      Chicago Tribune

      Packs so much hell-for-leather action, gorgeous Moroccan scenery and eye-popping Industrial Light and Magic visual effects into its two hours that, after a while, I began to get tired of it.
    • 60

      L.A. Weekly

      A near miss overall, but enjoyable in its littler particulars.
    • 50

      USA Today

      A soulless spectacle.
    • 50

      Dallas Observer

      Even with so much in its favor, The Mummy seems to fall all too easily. If only generating a soul for the film itself were so easy.

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