The Mummy [Blu-ray] [1999]

Stephen Sommer's 1999 action-adventure flick The Mummy is a loose remake of the 1932 film starring Boris Karloff.The year is 1926 and we follow American treasure hunter Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) who leads librarian and amateur Egyptologist Evelyn "Evy" Carnahan (Rachel Weisz) and her con-man brother Jonathan (John Hannah) to find the mythical City of the Dead, Hamunaptra. What they don't know is that high priest Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo)'s corpse is buried there. Due to his sacrilege he was cursed and buried alive 3000 years ago. When Evy accidentally resurrects him he is endowed with supernatural abilities and craves only to resurrect his love Anck-su-namun (Patricia Velasquez) even though it could destroy the world.Unlike its 1932 counterpart, this film is a wacky summer blockbuster with a mix of action, horror and humor. In the original Imhotep was a tragic character while here he's a loud, bombastic villain portrayed menacingly by Vosloo (though he does lack the immense presence of Karloff). Rick is essentially Indiana Jones without the books (think Nathan Drake from the Uncharted game series) and pulls off his bits well - humor, charm and action.Score: 4/5Video quality is high and even though you hardly see any grain the detail is still unbelievable. The colors are vibrant and the shots of the Sahara desert are breathtaking. The visual effects still work - especially Imhotep's CGI rotten-corpse form.Score: 5/5Audio quality is something I can't really judge properly since I don't have the right sound system but on a stereo HD-TV it all sounds great - especially Jerry Goldsmith's beautiful score.Score: 5/5Extras are aplenty. You have a documentary about the 1932 original, another about the visual effects and many more. You have a "Visual Effects Breakdown" feature which shows the development of VFX for several key scenes. Then there are three commentaries: First is by Director/writer Stephen Sommers and Editor Bob Duscay; the second is by cast member Brendan Fraser and the third is by cast members Arnold Vosloo, Kevin J. O'Connor and Oded Fehr.Score: 5/5I highly recommend this to fans of the film and action-adventure films in general. Even if you already have the DVD this is a repurchase that you must own if you have a Blu-ray player.

This film is beautiful and brings so many memories of adoring it back in the day. The actors are amazing in their roles.

To re-invent the film from 1932 the director Stephen Sommers who also wrote the screenplay completely changed the whole feel of the film, instead of trying to shock as the original production starring Boris Karloff who played Imhotep did.The director for this 1999 production has given the audience the ability to laugh as with the first scene with the delightful Rachel Weisz who plays the librarian Evelyn Carnahan who while trying to put a book back in its rightful place knocks over all the bookshelves ala a row of standing domino's in the museum she is working in, the first encounter with the Brendan Fraser character "Rick" O' Connell is years earlier when he is still a member of the Foreign Legion and he and his fellow Legionaries are at the site of the lost City of Hamunaptra looking for gold and fighting the local natives.The playful nature of the interaction of the characters with their witty dialogue never detracts from the set piece action sequences that for the time are top notch.For the Blu-ray version of this film I found the scenes such as the opening which recreates the Egyptian city of Thebes which is visually spectacular with the colours very bright but still looking life like and the shadows have various shades of black and grey and at no point did the fast action have any blurring or trance marks which is in 1080p 2.35.1 aspect and the audio track which is DTS-HD 5.1 is also very impressive.

I’ve loved this film ever since it first appeared in the cinemas so I was always going to give it high marks… provided it was delivered quickly and in good condition of course.As it turns out the DVD arrived incredibly quickly and the condition was as good as ‘brand new’.You don’t often experience a perfect transaction when buying something, particularly when buying on-line, but on this occasion I have to say it’s difficult to imagine how it could have gone any better.To sum it all up;The film is brilliant, it was delivered incredibly quickly and in perfect condition. What more could anybody want?Superb!Thank you 😁

It was interesting to say but not my cup of tea wouldn't watch it ever again.

Brilliant film

A great film

This movie is scary, fun and clever. I always have fun when I watch this one, it doesn't get old no matter how often I watch it. It is superior to the sub par sequel which was really only made for Universal because this one was so successful. No annoying child always getting into trouble, no bitchy reincarnated woman who wants to kill people and rule the world (a dragged put cliché in several movies) and it also has better effects. The plot is also quite simple and works and this is the one I stick with of the trilogy.