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Product description A non-stop action movie set in Egypt! .com If you're expecting bandaged-wrapped corpses and a lurching Boris Karloff-type villain, then you've come to the wrong movie. But if outrageous effects, a hunky hero, and some hearty laughs are what you're looking for, the 1999 version of The Mummy is spectacularly good fun. Yes, the critics called it "hokey," "cheesy," and "pallid." Well, the critics are unjust. Granted, the plot tends to stray, the acting is a bit of a stretch, and the characters occasionally slip into cliché, but who cares? When that action gets going, hold tight--those two hours just fly by. The premise of the movie isn't that far off from the original. Egyptologist and general mess Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) discovers a map to the lost city of Hamunaptra, and so she hires rogue Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) to lead her there. Once there, Evelyn accidentally unlocks the tomb of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), a man who had been buried alive a couple of millennia ago with flesh-eating bugs as punishment for sleeping with the pharaoh's girlfriend. The ancient mummy is revived, and he is determined to bring his old love back to life, which of course means much mayhem (including the unleashing of the 10 plagues) and human sacrifice. Despite the rather gory premise, this movie is fairly tame in terms of violence; most of the magic and surprise come from the special effects, which are glorious to watch, although Imhotep, before being fully reconstituted, is, as one explorer puts it, rather "juicy." Keep in mind this film is as much comedy as it is adventure--those looking for a straightforward horror pic will be disappointed. But for those who want old-fashioned eye-candy kind of fun, The Mummy ranks as one of choicest flicks of 1999. --Jenny Brown
A**R
Dvds by Amazon are great
Always buy Amazon produced dvds. They always play unlike other suppliers.
E**S
Great except one thing (that’s my fault)
This review is not for the movie itself (5 stars for it too, though!), but for the DVD. The digital code worked, and the blu ray disk is great. Unfortunately I don’t have any device that will play/read an Ultra HD disk, so I can’t even use the second disk, but that’s my fault because I didn’t realize it. Make sure your device is compatible! But other than that I’m very happy that I own my own copy of the movie now.
P**E
Contemporary MUMMY !
Modern interpretation of the classic movie matinee favorite. Great presentation/4G/ makes it a must for any dvd library.
P**B
A Classic
Always a fun movie to watch. There’s so many good lines to quote in this film. It’s great fun to quote one and have other people within earshot laugh.
B**N
Mummy
Great flick!
D**Y
Great film, 4k -- digital will NOT work however, expired in 2022!
Buy it for the physical format, excellent quality (4k and blu-ray versions)! However, if you're expecting a valid digital code, don't bother, Amazon is shipping discs with codes expired well over a year ago and it will not work.
J**X
just tight touch of adventure and humor
Probably the 4th movie I have bought/seen in the last 30 years (not counting jeff dunham's videos).I enjoyed the clips on youtube and believing artists should get paid for their work I bought the dvd. A dvd player might be useful since the DRM protection makes it difficult/problematical/impossible getting it to run on linux or windows 7.I had hoped for more than 2.5 minutes of cut scenes, but that is all you get. And they were cut for good reason. The rest was drivel, trailers and the like.Be prepared for plot holes and the ubiquitous 8/9 shot revolver :-) But most adventure movies require a certain suspension of reality.All in all it is entertaining to me and I am playing it enough to start knowing the script. One of my favorite lines "Wait here. I'll go get help"
J**E
Incredible quality upgrade
This is one of my favorite movies, and I recently watched the old dvd that I had for years and years-- wow, it was so blurry. This blu-ray version is so clear, it's got details I never even saw before from the old dvd I had. Highly recommend if you want to upgrade to better quality.
D**D
Muy bien
La película se ve y escucha perfecto en blu ray.Trae algo de granulado en imágenes obscuras, pero no resulta molesto.
S**W
Great Update
As some of you may or may not be aware, "The Mummy" has been a Hollywood horror film staple since Boris Karloff first got bandaged up as the eponyous villain from the pyramids in 1933. Since then, there have been myriad iterations of The Mummy, with about 99.9% of those films drowning in their own schlock. Saying they were entirely awful & entirely forgettable is being too kind.So, it was with some pleasure that I discovered this movie which, defying the odds, is a more than worthy remake of the original. For those of you unfamiliar with the genre that was spawned by Karloff in 1933, The Mummy rises from a dusty tomb to avenge some wrong. The wrong usually has to do with a curse warning that truly dreadful things await anyone who defiles a tomb by entering it. Of course, no self-respecting archaeologist, or tomb robber, or adventurer, etc., pays any attention to the warning, especially if there's treasure involved. Once the tomb has been breached, The Mummy, who has been cursed to guard the tomb for eternity, never being able to truly die, rises & takes vengeance on the interlopers. And once risen, The Mummy proves very adept at killing everything that gets in his way. He also proves to be remarkably hard to kill himself. It's usually only the movie's hero, big surprise here, that is finally able to vanquish this original version of the walking dead.This movie was Brendan Fraser's break-out role. He plays Rick O'Connell, a down-on-his-luck an ex-Legionnaire who happens to know where a treasure city is buried. Unfortunately, for all involved, the treasure city is guarded by the mummy of an Egyptian High Priest named Imhotep. Imhotep was condemned to a living death when he tried to resurrect his lost love by employing blasphemous methods really frowned on by the religious establishment of the era. Fraser's O'Connell strikes all the right chords for this type of film. He's rough around the edges & has little to lose by going treasure hunting.He's also raffishly charming & handsome, traits not lost on Rachel Weisz, who plays Evie, the would-be (because she's a women) archaeologist whose discovery of a lost treasure map sets the whole adventure in motion. This was something of break-out role for Weisz as well, opening her up for roles that would eventually lead to an Oscar. As Evie, Weisz strikes the perfect balance between a young women determined to come into her own as an archaeologist & a klutch who is constantly triggering events that endanger her & give O'Connell yet another chance to save her.John Hanna turns in a bravura performance as Evie's often drunk & always on the make older brother. He steals every scene he's in & his turns at comic relief are one of the many things that make the tongue-in-cheek elements of the movie work so well.All in all, this is the type of swash-buckler, now called an "action" movie, that Hollywood used to be so good at producing. The good guys are really good, the bad guys are really bad & everyone is havin' a rockin' time in the desert. This one rates 2 bowls of buttered popcorn at least! Enjoy.
N**O
Envío rápido
Envío rápido y producto en su plástico protector a buen precio. Recomendado!
C**L
Schon jetzt ein Evergreen!
Memphis in Ägypten, vor über 3000 Jahren: Hohepriester Imhotep hat was mit Anck-Su-Namun, der Schickse des Pharaos. Als die Affäre auffliegt, legen die beiden kurzerhand den Pharao um, was bei dessen Anhängern gar nicht gut ankommt. Imhotep wird daraufhin mit dem schlimmsten aller Flüche, dem Hom-Dai, belegt: er wird bei lebendigem Leib mumifiziert, noch dazu mit fleischfressenden Skarabäen in einen Sarkophag eingeschlossen und gut versteckt, denn sollte der Priester nach altägyptischem Glauben wiedererweckt werden würde er die Erde regelrecht heimsuchen. Ein paar Jahrtausende später, als der Grabraub in Ägypten nach dem Fund von Tut- Anch-Amuns Grabstätte so richtig boomt und Grabräuber aus aller Herren Länder das Land nun ihrerseits heimsuchen, kommt was kommen muss: eine naive Archäologin namens Evelyn schafft es irgendwie, Imhotep aus seinem Gefängnis zu befreien, und nun hat ihr Partner, der Abenteurer Rick O'Connell, alle Hände voll zu tun, sie vor Imhotep zu schützen; denn: mit Evelyns Tod soll Anck-Su-Namun wiedererweckt werden..Ich kann mich noch gut an den Kinorelease von „The Mummy“ im Jahre 1999 erinnern: ich ging seinerzeit nicht ins Kino, weil mich ein Remake des Filmes mit Boris Karloff aus den Dreißigern nicht so interessierte. Ein Freund erzählte mir jedoch, dass „Die Mumie“ eher in Richtung „Jäger des verlorenen Schatzes“ geht, und seitdem habe ich den Streifen bestimmt 10 Mal gesehen.„Die Mumie“ wurde von Stephen Sommers in Szene gesetzt, der mit diesem und dem Folgefilm wohl seine erfolgreichsten Filme drehte und sich durch diese beiden auf dem Zenit seines Schaffens befand. Alles danach aus seiner Hand, und ganz besonders „Van Helsing“, war für mich Schrott.„Die Mumie“ hingegen hat alles, was man sich unter perfektem Popcorn-Kino vorstellt: einen liebenswürdig-naiven Love Interest, der den Sprüche klopfenden Helden kongenial unterstützt, hinzu kommt noch ein ziemlicher dämlicher Bruder, der allerlei Lacher auf seiner Seite hat. Ergänzt wird der Cast durch Arnold Vosloo, und damals hätte es wohl kaum eine bessere Besetzung für den fiesen Hohepriester gegeben. Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz und John Hannah harmonieren super und werfen sich die Bälle optimal getimt zu.„Die Mumie“ ist für mich die nahezu perfekte Unterhaltung, und die gut zwei Stunden Film vergehen wie im Flug. Mit Action satt, mit schmissigen, an Screwball-Comedies erinnernden Dialogen, oft wirklich witzigem Humor und kaum einer Sekunde Stillstand ist der Unterhaltungswert enorm. Hinzu kommen noch ein paar Special Effects, die sich auch heute noch sehen lassen können.Das Bild des 21 Jahre alten Filmes wurde wirklich liebevoll aufbereitet. Nur zu Beginn, während des Angriffs auf die Truppe in Hamunaptra, schleichen sich ein paar unscharfe Takes ein. Ansonsten ist das Bild fast die ganze Zeit sehr scharf, ohne überschärft zu wirken. Dabei bleibt das Bild bis in die entferntesten Hintergründe recht scharf. Ein toller Filmlook bleibt die ganze Zeit erhalten. Der Kontrast und der Schwarzwert sind außerordentlich, und bei Tageslichtszenen kann die Plastizität besonders beeindrucken. Das HDR wirkt sich in den dunklen Szenen sehr gut aus.Der deutsche und der englische Track liegen in DTS:X vor. Schon auf der HD DVD war der Sound toll, hier hat sich in puncto Surroundkulisse und direktionaler Effekte noch einiges getan, und auch von oben kommen allerlei Geräusche. Ein super Track.Extras habe ich nicht angesehen, ich vergebe zunächst mal den Mittelwert. Die SCheibe kommt sogar mit Pappschuber.Mein persönliches Fazit: Den Film sah ich schon im Kino, später auf DVD und auf HD DVD, die steht auch noch in meinem Regal. Bereits die HD DVD war auf sehr hohem audiovisuellem Niveau, und die UHD kann da in jedem Bereich noch ein paar Schippen drauflegen. Der Film selbst ist bereits jetzt ein zeitloser Klassiker, der perfekt gealtert ist und nichts von seinem Unterhaltungswert eingebüßt hat.
L**I
Film coinvolgente
È un film da seguire fino in fondo è ricco di colpi di scena specie nella seconda parte
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