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The Mummy review
20 The Mummy
Rewatch. The first movie in the Mummy series. An Ancient Egyptian priest who commits an indescretion against the Pharoah. As punishment he is mummified alive... Thousands of years later, in the early 20th Century, a young librarian working for an Egyptologist, her brother and a revolutionary scoundrel find themselves looking for the City of the Dead. They also poke into something they shouldn't. They quickly find themselves overwhelmed with the threat that the creature, the ancient priest has become, presents.
This film is quite good, taking the threat that the Mummy presents seriously. Also the situation in Egypt at the time (both times) is well presented. The main characters are also well presented, being more complex than merely a damsel in destress, a scoundrel or an ordinary guy. Even the Mummy has characterization. It is quite enjoyable, there is nothing that I would object to in the presentation or story. 8.5/10.
Rewatch. The first movie in the Mummy series. An Ancient Egyptian priest who commits an indescretion against the Pharoah. As punishment he is mummified alive... Thousands of years later, in the early 20th Century, a young librarian working for an Egyptologist, her brother and a revolutionary scoundrel find themselves looking for the City of the Dead. They also poke into something they shouldn't. They quickly find themselves overwhelmed with the threat that the creature, the ancient priest has become, presents.
This film is quite good, taking the threat that the Mummy presents seriously. Also the situation in Egypt at the time (both times) is well presented. The main characters are also well presented, being more complex than merely a damsel in destress, a scoundrel or an ordinary guy. Even the Mummy has characterization. It is quite enjoyable, there is nothing that I would object to in the presentation or story. 8.5/10.