Swashbuckling Egyptian adventure. Brendan Fraser plays Rick O'Connell, an American who discovers Hamunaptra, the city of the dead. He is driven away by locals and arrested. Three years later, Englishman Jonathan (John Hannah) discovers an ancient artefact which he gives to his sister Evelyn (Rachel Weisz). In turn, she trades the artefact for Rick's release from prison and the trio set off for Hamunaptra, hoping to arrive there before Beni (Kevin J. O'Connor), Rick's crooked former associate. However Beni has already invoked a curse which frees Imhotep, a supernaturally-gifted mummy. He pursues the adventurers across the land, feeding upon the flesh of unfortunate explorers. He aims to sacrifice Evelyn, hoping to resurrect another evil mummy...
J**H
Fun and nostalgic
I loved this film as a kid. Its a fairly solid action film with the usual humour but then some fairly horrific scenes thrown in at the same time.Not quite as great as I remember but still enjoyable.
C**Y
one of my favourite movies growing up 😌
the mummy came up on my phone last week and ever since then i've been dying to revisit the movies _ so i searched everywhere and decided to rent them.still as good as when i first watched it :) keeps me in my toes throughout the whole movie, i love everything about this, the story line, the action, the characters, everything :)
A**A
Universal law
I watched this once a long time ago and it is my second time. Now that I have clearer understanding of universal law, the movie makes sense in many ways. The story is a typical one of the youth's improvement through adventure/hardship; and also of love/good/justice vs adultery/evil/cruelty but the notion of universal law is subtly inserted here and there and the very last insertion made me smile. I hope the audience understands the important lesson that wealth (dreams, success) are brought to us as a result/reward of act of love, kindness (to others), good attitude and determination all combined. Greed and exploitation never win. Sorry if I sound moralistic but that's the law! (I wonder, however, how kinder modernization of such stories could be achieved. The so-called "baddies" (modern equivalent of psychopaths/sociopaths/narcissists) are baddies due to their upbringing and lack of love and care especially throughout their childhood. Of course, in order to pursue ones own happiness, it is important to stay away from the negative type of people but, in this modern world, it seems also important to think about how to solve the issue in the way that we teach our children in the right way and do not produce sociopaths/psychopath/narcissists because they can be great harm to the society.
M**.
Good 👍
Good 👍
S**E
Good Movie
Action Adventure and Humour. Special effects still look good, years later.
A**R
Was excellent then, is excellent now
Sharing this movie with our teenaged son was a blast. The cgi and effects hold up even today and the story is as fast paced and light hearted as it ever was. A classic from the actor who once wowed hearts as George of the Jungle. Absolutely brilliant.
C**.
Classic
Brilliant classic and was surprised to remember how good the graphics where for the time.
C**Y
Great movie
Great movie
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