Review: The Mummy (2017)

​The dead may be alive, but this mummy should have stayed buried… 

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​One of the worst summer blockbusters to-date, period. The Mummy (2017) lacks the campy-fun of Brendan Fraser’s '90s cheese fest and remains hallow of any monster-movie thrills from the original 1932 classic. A bad start for the Dark Universe series, The Mummy will leave viewers with a bad aftertaste of anger and disgust. Universal might have gotten ahead of themselves for planning an entire extended universe without waiting on the final results of their first entry. The Mummy is so-bad that it makes Brendan Fraser’s '90s cheese fest look like a monster-masterpiece.

Alex Kurtzman's (Transformers and Star Trek) reboot is a mess from the very beginning. Bloated with bad special effects and a ludicrous plot, actor Tom Cruise had no chance in saving the film from utter disaster. The plot follows an ancient princess (a so-so Sofia Boutella) who’s awakened from her crypt beneath the desert. With her power, she’ll bring malevolence and terror that defies human comprehension. The narrative in retrospect, is so chaotic that it should have remained dead.

​The Dark Universe is off to a rather shaky start, but Universal is still planning on having multiple films apart of this franchise. Films like, Bride of Frankenstein, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Invisible Man and many more similar monster-flicks. The Bride of Frankenstein is already scheduled for February 14, 2019… we’ll see if the Universal will be able to pull a 180° by then. All-in-all, if you’re looking for a summer disaster filled with hamstrung actors (Cruise, Boutella, Russell Crowe, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson and Courtney B. Vance), bloated CGI and terrible dialog, then this is the movie for you. For the rest of us with a brain, go in peace and stay far away from this rotten tomb.

The Mummy (2017) is rated PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned). For violence, action and scary images, and for some suggestive content and partial nudity.