Battle of Hamunaptra | The Mummy (1999) | All Action

[@metalmadness5851]

I love how this movie goes from action to comedy to horror, and yet never seems to ruin any of them.

[@cashewnuttel9054]

Not even in the talky bits?

[@AndorRadnai]

@@cashewnuttel9054 Not even in the talky bits.

[@rileywolf5432]

Ditto

[@gorlab9549]

@@cashewnuttel9054 Even the cheasy dialogue during the romance or exposition feels more akin to Indiana Jones which is no problem

[@SwopetheDope]

This movies LEGIT, that's why!

[@chadarracks]

Brendan fraiser was such a great action star. You can't deny it.

[@justinpullin98]

Luis Luciano was such a great action star. You can't deny it.

[@theprinceoftides6836]

An action Star who can actually act. Check out God's and Monsters and The Quite American, he's remarkable. And he's nominated for an Oscar this year.

[@neofulcrum5013]

He really is

[@jamesharrington4518]

Absolutely

[@arik2216]

Today his character is too straight and toxic masculinity.

[@TheShoeb01]

This movie is just pure love. I have watched this 20-30 times. I was 11-12 years old when this came out. I was so obsessed with this movie especially, kings, mummies, the pyramids etc.

[@dennisestradda9746]

Same here 😀, my childhood with a little CGI nothing exaggerated like today.

[@Tsagia]

If I remember correctly,LEGO also had a mummies theme around 12 or maybe more years ago,later than the movie came out,but still very similar to the movie and thus collector's item for any fans.

[@tuanzixiao3666]

I loved this movie (even though I wasnt born when it came out (2007 baby) this movie still made up so much of my childhood along with lotr and star wars and DONT FORGET INDIANA JONESS)

[@NikSwiftDigs]

This movie is the reason why I became an archaeologist!

[@Theroadtoawe]

20-30 times? Those are rookie numbers. The mummy is a tri-annual watch in my casa

[@hitsraj5025]

Hollywood doesn't make movies like this anymore..

[@bryanferratt6598]

I will 😊.

[@Daquan0394]

You ain’t wrong bruh 😢

[@hardcorevictor2552]

Thanks wokeness 😤😤

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

​@@bryanferratt6598promise?

[@bryanferratt6598]

@@edgarbanuelos6472Yeah, I'll just do it. Regardless of budget, studio interference or "wokeness". Just make an old school action adventure film with battles featuring hundreds of extras, some comedy, romance, an old fashioned orchestral score less Zimmery and as much practical stunts as possible 😊.

[@huldrrrr9486]

The horror at the scene from 3:58 to the end though. Imagine being in a desert, utterly alone, surrounded by the statues of ancient gods you can hear strange whispering/ murmuring and animal noises even though you are the only living creature there , and then suddenly get attacked by an ancient evil.

[@CuirPhotodotNet]

....it really is genius...i cannot get enough of it....

[@gammadion]

It would be horrifying.

[@aranha6285]

@Blushing Saikawa Or asking for help

[@sneed7123]

yeah that's pretty creepy.

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

Very creepy, considering the desert can be very, very quiet. You only hear the wind through the stones. 😬

[@MikeJones-gd1gp]

One of the most enjoyable mummy movies ever.The memories from holding my wife and enjoying a laugh in the theater was an overwhelming good expirence.

[@SStupendous]

Just realized, at 2:40, the guy gets out a pair of American Civil War-era revolvers (Lefauchex), nice touch I guess

[@cashewnuttel9054]

Are you still married?

[@MikeJones-gd1gp]

Yes we are still married and it will be 25 years on April 22 of this year in 2022.

[@FarradMuseumofTruth]

Mashallah very beautiful. ♥

[@DJB10T1C]

thats awesome, hope you guys stay happy and have many more fun memories together! ^^

[@cytorakdemon]

It was this scene that developed my love of when a character carries a small arsenal on their person when they go into battle.

[@HenkkaArtGames]

Also, it establishes his character trait early in the movie so that when later in the movie he pulls out multiple guns, we are already accustomed to the fact that it is what he would do, instead of suddenly in the middle of the movie having 4 to 6 different handguns on his person.

[@develynseether4426]

A practical and realistic arsenal as well, not like the Matrix with Neo and Trinity storming the building.

[@jthughes9820]

And even though this is a Hollywood movie, it's not without it's basis in history. At the Battle of Guadalcanal John Basilone was reknowned for when his machine gun ran out of ammunition, grabbing two Colt forty five automatics and charging into the Japanese assault guns blazing. And you're right about having a "small arsenal", when I was deployed I carried an M16, Ithica breaching shotgun, a spare M4 carbine, and an M9 handgun, along with body armor and about 400 rounds of spare ammo. You wanna be an action hero...you better bring a lot of bullets. JT Out

[@bellgrand]

I like how his guns actually run out of bullets.

[@HamanKarn567]

Yeah I loved that he went with like 10 different pistols and multiple shotguns and dynamite. Love action movies that use a ton of weapons and not just stick with one.

[@mrmaster9801]

After all these years, I still love this movie (also its sequel). It has a sense of wonder, adventure, comedy and romance, all mixed together in a perfect mixture, that I've found in few movies. PS: "Your strength gives me strength" (and then runs away) always cracks me up 😂.

[@anhad7001]

The best thing is the set the costumes the period they represented of 1920s 30s looks so authentic the movie was actually shot in Morocco because actual Egypt was swarmed with tourists....it's not like modern films with too much VFX like 2017 mummy which was absolute disaster

[@j-Bash]

Like Indiana Jones or Uncharted Film

[@kevint1160]

And the CGI hold up well. Ill always watch this if it ever comes up on tv... Without skipping a single scene

[@mr.authentic2505]

I so feel you man

[@smokinggnu6584]

I really wish the 3rd one hadn't happened, though, or else Frasiers' career might have been vastly different.

[@kgizzle92]

“The desert will kill him” Me: Have you met Brendan Fraser? Dude was in ice for 15-20 millennia!

[@TheMobius999]

Encino Man

[@intosilence1773]

Also him surviving the desert and coming back to the city later, could symbolize him leaving Hollywood for many years and finally returning. We will have to say what the guy on the horse said, "This one is strong."

[@rhyscallinan5058]

Apparently Oded Fehr, Ardeth Bay actor who is the guy who leads the Medjai, had that scene where he had to hold Rick back when Evelyn is taken from the group during the plague victim scene, and he commented on the commentary (in which Benny and Imhotep were on) that he tried to hold Brendan Fraser but he barely could, and Brendan wasn't even trying to leave, just pretend to. So when Fraser, in the second commentary of the movie says the Medjai dude he's fighting with on the boat who's giving him a good fight was stronger than he was, it makes you wonder who was that guy who was stronger than Tarzan.

[@anisesg8007]

Just a movie, don't get too excited

[@stevyluv743]

True but mostly the people thaat he was fighting woulda easily killed Rick becuase thay haad them where thay wanted ... period not just the desert...

[@beanbag9696]

The face in the sand scared the shit out of me as a kid

[@rodrigopizarro222]

That face looks like the face on Mars.

[@ZombieWarfare552]

Oh please 🙄

[@mohamine9540]

what about the voice of imhotep that precedes it

[@batman_2004]

The whole movie sacred the shit out me when I was a kid.

[@mohamine9540]

@@batman_2004 I thought you're not supposed to fear anything you are the fear itself lol

[@Cryotyde]

I've always enjoyed the first two Mummy movies. As someone else noted they are an excellent and refreshing blend of action, adventure, comedy, romance, and horror. Cheesy but fun and light-hearted, never taking itself too seriously. They're fun movies.

[@TheShoeb01]

🙌

[@josiahthibodeaux]

Rick O’Oconnell is one of my favorite characters of all time. Love this movie.

[@jma9148]

It’s really cool how desert cavalry went from bows to rifles, it makes total sense because while their different weapons, all of that horse riding knowledge is still relevant and can be used really well.

[@manjoumenakamoto3248]

Infantry and Cavalry whenever the ages still relevant

[@JABoyle3875]

Is this movie universally considered a cinematic masterpiece? No. But it is still one of the best movies of all time to me simply because it is entertaining and it holds up so well after so many years.

[@mrsharppepples]

In fact it was considered a masterpiece when it came out, there was documentaries on how it was made. It took them a whole year

[@ZachLagrandeur]

Waiting for 2000 enemy soldiers on horses to be 20 feet away before engaging them with bolt action rifles: super effective strategy.

[@aol8166]

I think because those weapons were not accurate enough to shoot from a far distance. Their mistake was not having two people with each other position. One shooting while the other reloads his own guy so the shooting doesn't stop. Basically not giving the enemy a chance to aim at you.

[@ZachLagrandeur]

@@aol8166 1886 Lebels were quite accurate, and effective at relatively long range, I think it was just to add suspense for the scene. I doubt this kind of strategy was effective with this kind of firearm.

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

@@aol8166 They should have deployed all those troops that were on the high walls at 1:56 down to the ground with Rick to add additional firepower

[@janefelix3821]

@@ZachLagrandeur This scene takes place in 1921.

[@1TruNub]

@@ZachLagrandeur by 1923 the 1886 lebel was Obsolete and outdated by rifle such Lee Enfield the Mauser and the mannlicher systems

[@jongon0848]

1:56 Anybody else impressed that the dudes on horseback can fire and hit their targets on higher ground like nothing? It's like they're anti-storm trooper

[@jongon0848]

@@danielallan8061 I thought the same thing too. Especially since a handful of them are on higher ground

[@NYG5]

True, but there's also a huge body of them that can shoot at once at that super elevated position, like a massive shotgun. The worse sin is that the dudes up there aren't laying prone, and that the legionnaires had put men on that lower level to get cavalry charged in the open instead of staying within that complex. Plus, they lack at least one machinegun only 4 years removed from the great war.

[@24Pudders]

They all fired at the same time, a single bullet being shot might make little impact but all shooting at once makes a wall of lead heading to the French troops way, almost like a scatter shot. Its why both English and American troops stood in a line when firing their muskets- was the only way it was effective Speaking of the turengs here are carrying rifles so their shots are least straight then what a musket could do for them

[@einkaya]

They are storm troopers of parallel universe

[@maassrddd]

This are berber fighters is not new for them

[@dubfez_9256]

wow, this movie still looks amazing, so much nostalgia. The whispering Anubis statue and the face in the sand, still epic.

[@amm019]

Could you understand what was being whispered? I could only hear the 'you'll die' part

[@reezozim9356]

"Your strength give me strength..." Literally 1 minute later... 'Every man for himself!!!' Beni represents all of our cowardly friends out there...🤣🤣🤣

[@fighterx9840]

Wait for meeeeee!!

[@ajdominguez1002]

Not even 10 seconds lol

[@rhyscallinan5058]

And despite all of his cowardly actions and helping the enemy, I felt bad when he died to the scarabs. He was a coward and a weasel, but he was our lovable coward and weasel.

[@SapphireCrusader1988]

According to the novelization, Beni joined the Legion after robbing a synagogue in Budapest. So he's not exactly high in moral fiber.

[@NilsBergmann-pl4px]

Wäre ich Rick gewesen hätte ich die Freundschaft mit Beni beendet.👍📺

[@bryanbird1266]

There is an old military saying. “Calvary-men only charge prepared infantry once in there life times.”

[@subutaynoyan5372]

In this case, they massively outnumber those prepared infantrymen, though.

[@steveschmitt6933]

@@subutaynoyan5372 look at that 0:18 The army of Anubis came early at the end of ww1 against a garrison of English troops of 75-100

[@andrewmccloud8581]

@@steveschmitt6933 ?

[@EIfric]

calvary is where jesus was crucified lol

[@SStupendous]

@@EIfric Plus it's "their" not "there". And "Cavalrymen". The guy clearly isn't the best at English comprehension.

[@Pv488]

The dialogue in this movie is just great. This movie is truly a treasure

[@qkomodo9098]

All these years and this is STILL among the Top 10 Character Introductions in cinematic history

[@georgeturner4848]

This scene is not just good because of the action. It's good because it how it introduces the characters of Benny and Rick. From this one scene you learn everything you need to know about the two characters. Rick; a loyal, brave soldier who fights to the death, without having unrealistic superhuman powers. Benny; a coward who is all words and will not hesitate to back stab you if it means saving his own skin. Great childhood nostalgia.

[@bloodrosereaper2099]

Fun fact about the rifles O'Connel and the other French Foreign Legion troopers are using. They can actually hold multiple rounds, but we only ever see them load one, shoot and reload. This was actually done with the weapon, as loading more than one round could cause it to jam, so the soldiers were taught to load, fire and reload to avoid having to fix a weapon jam.

[@danielomar9712]

the Lebel has two firing systems because it was developed during the "volley fire" era thus why they were single loading , because the other rounds were meant for "rapid fire" when the enemy were super super close

[@AdmiralRamirez7]

Forgotten weapons

[@rizaradri316]

Actually the reason why they one use one round is because the Lebel magazine system is outdated and clunky. Basically you load that rifle like a shotgun. Not ideal, especially if you're dealing with charging cavalry

[@enverhoxha545]

@@danielomar9712 its lebel 1886 right?

[@danielomar9712]

@@enverhoxha545 ja sir

[@spencer9819]

This scene inspired me to go duel pistol in an airsoft match one time. I almost immediately shot my thumb with one of the pistols while trying to do what Brandon fresher is doing in this scene. A Good learning experience lol.

[@AlexS-zr2nb]

That's why you have to use the dual pistol method from the 1973 "Dillinger" movie lol

[@SHADOWACTUAL]

A few years back, a guy on my side dual wielded G18s after his Thompson went down. God, I wished someone got that on video!

[@kanegarvey848]

*Fraser

[@spencer9819]

@@kanegarvey848 the spelling mistake makes it feel more authentic.

[@secretstrasse2638]

I remember how in childhood I was impressed by this scene and played it myself with the help of toy soldiers

[@sohailahmed8309]

Wholesome comment.

[@kobejete2796]

You're so fortunate to have had toys to reenact the scenes from the movie. I didnt have the luxury of toys so i had to use my utensils. The forks were the bad soldiers and the spoons were the good ones. The chopsticks were left out because there were no asians in the movie.

[@nssupremacy_4281]

@@kobejete2796 when poverty hits hard

[@cseijifja]

Just realized the folk they fight against are indeed north africans and not asians , lmao.

[@cseijifja]

@@kobejete2796 was poor too , but i got those plastic green solxiers from the fruit markrt ince , and used them , that , or i just drew the soldiers lol, at the begining i did use schoo utencils , errasers as men and pensils as rifles , lmao.

[@matthewkuchinski1769]

I love how O'Connell is outnumbered and outgunned by the Medjai, but he actually did the best he could with the command he had. and what he did was to inflict some impressive damage against his opponent, which partly explains how smart and tough the character really was.

[@Fulcrox]

The Medjai are the one in full black

[@warnpassion]

They were not the Medjai but local bandits.

[@orangypteco8858]

​@@warnpassion they're Tuareg, the them and the French Foreign Legion went out it in upper Africa for a long time. I always assumed they and the Medjai worked hand in hand to defend Hamunaptra

[@medalgear654]

Those were Tureg warriors you mean. the Medjai were the men in black robes.

[@maassrddd]

The ones in blue white tulbands are native berbers this movie was actuele made in morocco because Egypt doesn't allowe western filming

[@WafflezDay]

I would pay so much money to see this in theaters again.

[@du4lstrik3]

This movie does get shown at drive-in cinemas (the ones that still remain) every now and then. There are a lot of classics that get played. You just have to keep an eye on the showtimes.

[@axlneztsosie3176]

Yeah there is. I watched Goodfellas,The Thing, and They Live .

[@sprsergio]

You can! It’s coming back for its 25th anniversary on April 26th!

[@NerdingAround]

Such a campy film, which is why even after 20+ years its still an amazing film.

[@elessartelcontar147]

In my headcannon, Anubis protected Rick so could come back later to defeat both Imhotep (with Evey) and later, the Scorpion King

[@SlewedHydra]

I like that thought, especially with the second movie showing Rick to be a "warrior of god" with his tattoo.

[@erichunsaker4969]

Oh I like that thought. Especially since he was portrayed as a "dark god" in the second movie when he's actually supposed to be a god that kept evil at bay. But when he helped the Scorpion King, the Old Kingdom of Egypt hadn't formed yet, so perhaps him helping Rick was his way of rectifying the mistake he made with the Scorpion King before he became a god that protected Egypt from evil.

[@danskyl7279]

@@SlewedHydra Ahh.. Yeah, it a way.. Rick was the chosen one, the descendant guardian? Okay nvrmind.

[@woodyboy6493]

That looked like imhoteps buriel so don't think anubis protected Rick it was just Rick luckily surrendered there and those killers realized it was a evil area. Look what happened to Rick as he probably would have been swallowed by the sand if he didn't leave

[@ohinek007]

that voice said "you are gonna die"

[@republicempire446]

I noticed that why French Foreign legion could used the terrain to their advantage instead of in the open.

[@RobertPage562]

Yeah but Hollywood doesn't care about little details that matter. They only care about making as much money as possible with the least amount of effort.

[@AJxxxxxxxx]

Hey guys US. Marine here 👋 If I knew I was going to be outnumbered by an overwhelming force, and I was on defense then I’d overflow that open area with tranches, hidden hole traps with sharp wooden sticks at the bottom, and barbed wire obstacles that would forces the enemy into a funnel kill zone this way they can’t use their Calvary horses and their forced to stop in the trenches that they think is for their protection and exchange fire, I would create as many obstacles as possible and make my enemy have to struggle just to get anywhere near me, I would then have utilized the Terran as well and put a few squads on that hill top in hidden trenches where they could lay some fire down on the enemy’s side so that way their in a flanked position and now they are taking fire from both the front and side and are pinned down in a trench that I dug for them to die aka the “kill box” despite being the the smaller army I would have changed the make up of that land to put my smaller army in a superior position and force the enemy to go where I want them to go and do what I want them to do It would probably be smart as well to have a hidden trench on the left side as well that has hiding solders so that way when the enemy is stuck in the trenches they’ll be taking fire from the hills and from the left all while being pinned down by both the front main body army and the enemy’s inability to move through the obstacles and if they use bolt cutters or other ways of getting through the trenches they’ll be coming in small waves and not all at once allowing for a fair fight between my men and them Again this would require a lot of work and preparation by the army way before this battle took place but it’s definitely a strategy that smaller military forces have used in the past history with great success The reason I didn’t include land mines in the open field nor did I include motor guns on the hill was because I was trying to operate on the beliefs that this army is not well equipped or rich enough to own them, from what I seen it appears that all they had was rifles, so to make this work the men would have to work their asses off with shovels and improvise as much as possible and prepare well before the battle ever took place from the looks of it the only plan their commander had was to just stand their ground and thats it, they were good solders for standing their ground they just had a shitty commander who had absolutely no plan of defense, the whole Alamo defense doesn’t work when your overwhelmingly outnumbered, you have to start getting creative at that point, when they say “remember the Alamo,” I want you people to remember that, that defense strategy will only work if your not being overwhelmed

[@Michaelkayslay]

@@AJxxxxxxxx Damnnit, I was just about to type that sme thing out. You beat me to it!

[@roguevector1268]

@@AJxxxxxxxx While your theory is solid there's a couple problems; there are no trees in the scene, and I doubt that there's enough wood around to carve stakes from (assuming 'what we see is what we get' for this scenario), and as someone who's played sandcastles at the beach, I know that the dry loose sand that they are fighting on will fill up any trench that your men can dig - and given that they didn't really have any warning of the attack means that you'd be digging a relatively small trench that cavalry could leap over and only achieve tiring out the soldiers before the real battle has started. The more glaring mistakes here is that the defenders held fire for far, far too long; something that I thought you would have at least mentioned. The Lebel rifles that the defenders appear to be using could engage out to 400m for individual targets, but I would bet money that if they started firing at 500+ meters they would more than likely hit someone in that horde of cavalry. Secondly, that first line of fire at the low wall should have only remained in that position for about three or four shots; once that was done they should have fallen back to the chokepoints afforded by the much larger walls, crumbling as they were, and gone to my final point; BAYONETS. Any infantryman would have a bayonet (especially in the time period depicted) so why not a single one was affixed confuses me (though I figure that's because the props don't appear to have the bayonet lugs you'd normally see). Bayonets are a bread-and-butter defense against a charging cavalryman, and would have given the defenders a far better fighting chance against the cavalry if they had been able to choke point (creating those kill zones you mentioned) the cavalry at the walls with an infantry line with fixed bayonets. In conclusion; there's a lot of simpler stuff they could have done.

[@PershingOfficial]

@@RobertPage562 I could see this being a complaint for other movies but this movie is intentionally for entertainment

[@michaeloyaski7602]

I know the French Foreign Legion in this movie get the treatment of being greedy and cowardly ( seeing as their recently promoted officer left them) going without orders to the city of gold. But in real life these are some history's biggest badasses these guys would never surrender or retreat, not even when they're out of ammo and down to less than 10 men.

[@superdicas7815]

The egypt by that time was just like the old American west. Savage land with tons of gold. Just imagine the adventures.

[@cccspwn]

@@superdicas7815 Probably even amazing than the American west, with Ancient Egyptian artifacts and other civilizations

[@JohnSmith-qb9ex]

Someone heard of Cameron

[@HUNTERKILLER20001]

I mean, these guys did fight to the last, save for Beni, O'Connell and the commander.

[@bobbyhill5067]

@@cccspwn yea just go to the center of Paris, they took the Luxor Obelisk and erected a statue there

[@AlesterMyersWick]

0:56 beni: you just got "promoted". rick o'connel: ???

[@DevilDogMuNky]

2:40 "Remember, switching to your pistol is always faster than reloading." - Capt. Price

[@Walter-h._white]

Gaz Said that

[@NeverAloneForever]

Loved this as a kid in theatres twice. It really doesn't get more entertaining than this. "RUN BENI, RUN! Get inside. GET INSIDE! Don't you close that door. DON'T.YOU.CLOSE.THAT.DOOR!!!".

[@zulkifligumilang3155]

After all this year i finally realize what FFL doing in Egypt in 1920s

[@shawnofdanaukota3843]

They are reclaiming their so call colonies when the locals decided to rebelled against their colonial oppressors.

[@Killzoneguy117]

@@shawnofdanaukota3843 Egypt was not a French colony...

[@MWRJET]

@@Killzoneguy117 True, Egypt was a British Colony in the 1920’s, taken from the Ottoman-Turkish Empire after WWI. Brendan Frazier’s character explains later in the film that this group of soldiers he’s with-an entire garrison in fact-marched all the way across Libya (an Italian colony) and into Egypt to search for the lost city. And they did it without orders (probably even against orders/without permission), all out of greed an the promise of hidden riches. If they are part of the French Foreign Legion of the 1920s, they must have first started their journey in the French North African colony of Algeria.

[@MWRJET]

@Documentary Detective II Possibly, but Algeria is more likely in this scenario.

[@jonataspereira1691]

@@MWRJET Egypt became a british colony in the 1870's not WW1.

[@ExAnimoPortugal]

This movie is really precious

[@superduper2024]

This movie gotta be a Classic. Still better than most 2020-2022 movies. no doubt.

[@bossshun9]

This never gets old. A promotion first to comedy and finally desperation to fear. I always love this movie.

[@KYZR97]

“he just got promoted”😂😂😂 newly made officer shits himself then runs omg, no wonder there was an opening 🤣🤣🤣

[@darkadrien14]

No no, beni say " you just got promoted", as if you are the man in charge now.

[@waynemacfarland1546]

He had to run, he had no more ammo.

[@JohnMasterCheif]

@@waynemacfarland1546 and pretty much got overrun

[@rhyscallinan5058]

Well, yeah, he's British. In a French made army. That's why he ran, he was on a horse. Double the retreat.

[@TurboMintyFresh]

This is the definition of a adventure movie.

[@blockmasterscott]

I was lucky enough to be working in a movie theatre when this came out, so I was able to see it a good 15-20 times from watching it on breaks. Never got tired of it.

[@user-ns3vs3bp3e]

The first mummy is one of the best adventure movies ever made.

[@willg-r3269]

With all this talk about inadequate defensive tactics, could the defenders also be somewhat artificially nerfed by the movie choosing to depict the attackers' rifle fire during the charge as unrealistically effective? Obviously the implication is that numbers are the deciding factor here, but even so, the cavalry are at a full gallop aiming at infantry under good cover, they can't bring more than a fraction of their firepower to bear at once given how deep their line seems to be, and it seems like they wouldn't really be able to concentrate on their rifles anyway given the need to avoid tripping over the horses and riders being downed in front of them, right?

[@sonrouge]

Even if only the front line of horsemen were shooting, that's still a hell of a lot of bullets thrown at the Legion.

[@willg-r3269]

@@sonrouge Sure, but in a much looser formation than the defenders, so therefore bringing fewer rifles to bear on the available frontage at any time than the defenders can, plus they're firing from a far less stable footing which should severely compromise their accuracy, plus as others have pointed out the defenders inexplicably hold their fire until long after the attackers should be well within their rifles' effective range, plus the attackers are completely exposed to the defenders' fire (as are their horses, and hitting a horse in this situation is just as good as hitting the rider if not better, because the downed horse and rider then both become obstacles for all the horsemen behind them to dodge without slowing down or else cause a massive pileup) while the defenders have both a low stone wall and an elevated stone wall for cover. Basically everything about the scene should make the defenders' rifle fire massively more effective than the attackers', which is probably why frontal cavalry charges against prepared defensive lines don't tend to happen in actual 20th-century warfare the way this scene does.

[@Pauldjreadman]

In my opinion this was the modern Indiana Jones. This is how you make films. I can watch this over and over. Brilliant. Brandon Frazier was made for this role.

[@blockmasterscott]

Oh I think no one could have played that role like he did.

[@MariaHeredia-dw4id]

First comedy action adventure horror suspense film I can think of!

[@Catinkontti]

Cant believe that this was 20 years ago. It is a classic and now it has even more praise when Brendan Frasier won the Oscar!

[@joestueckrath5275]

Label 1886 rifle awesome

[@wolfwalkerz6978]

Joe Stuekrath It's "Lebel Mle.1886/93"

[@podsmpsg1]

It's okay.

[@NikSwiftDigs]

The movie always balanced everything perfectly. The battles felt like real battles, the comedic moments were written to be genuinely funny, the horror scenes were genuinely horrifying. But the film never let the horror overwhelm the comedy, or the comedy to dictate the pace of the battles and the action, etc. It was everything in just the right amount, with no concession made by one genre for another. I hold that this film may be the perfect movie in its structure and execution.

[@kr-sd3ni]

your strength gives me strength, said in such a convincing manner.

[@SpongeBobSquarePants-zu3qt]

"You just got promoted!" Lol!

[@Erectus1]

This is honestly among my top 10 favorite battle scenes, which is impressive since it's only 3 minutes of screentime.

[@surenotejas3163]

You're strength gives me strength, Love that line

[@A_Little_Bit_Of_Everything06]

One of my favs lmao "Your strength gives me strength" *leaves*

[@gamerstellar]

so loyal

[@rupayanmazumder5130]

Films were so much fun back than,I was 10 years old then went with my father,we both enjoyed so much.

[@aarondemiri486]

been watching the movie my whole life and still entertains

[@Alan1701b]

Such a great movie and also glad that The Mummy was one of the first movies I ever owned on DVD.

[@wg1751]

For the Non Military Viewers Some Facts and Insights If you look at his uniform O'Connell is a highly decorated soldier he holds the rank of Captain in the French Foreign Legion the 3 gold bars on his left sleeve convey that, something to keep in mind this is 1923 the Great War 1914-1918 ended 5 years ago, if we go by Brendan Fraser was 31 in 1999 so Rick O'Connell was born in 1892 he would've been eligible for enlistment in 1910 which is the likely outcome because of him being a company commander, he certainly saw extensive service in World War I, He has the 3 highest awards presented by the French Armed Forces for Valor, from Left to Right, The Legion of Honor (Scarlet Ribbon) equivalent to the US Medal of Honor and the British Victoria Cross, The Médaille Militaire (Gold and Green Ribbon) equivalent to the British Distinguished Conduct Medal or the American Distinguished Service Cross, The Croix De Guerre 1914-1918 version (Green and Scarlet Ribbon) the equivalent to the British Military Medal. The idea of a Former Soldier becoming an explorer and treasure hunter was a far more common outcome than you might think, many soldiers after the First World War simply couldn't reintegration back into regular society with PTSD and not finding the sense of camaraderie or brotherhood so they pursued different occupations that gave them a sense of adventure, some traveled from Army to Army serving under another flag going from battlefield to battlefield, some became mercenaries putting their skills to use for fame and money while some explored the far flung corners of the globe in search of legendary treasures. I hope the post was informative and you learnt something new about our famous badass O'Connell

[@KenWu-pl3or]

Thanks man! Never knew how badass O’Connell was in the film, much appreciate for the info

[@Rildar]

Great write-up, very detailed and well thought out!

[@CharlieSheensTigerBlood]

0:18 Me and the coworkers going to the bar after the shift

[@xDshiv58]

Yuppppppppp

[@Gkm-]

Oscar winner 🏆

[@hybrid5568]

My youngest brother said bennys line to me once. I felt proud for 3 seconds before i realized wherw he quoted it from. I wrestled the runt down for that lol

[@justinpullin98]

Justin Pullin and Tracy mcClune Melissa Oiler and anastasia majoras

[@FarradMuseumofTruth]

Lmfaoo. As a Lil brother. I understand .

[@rash1990ful]

4:06 to 4:10 - "You will die. You will die." 😲

[@LidaNugeeb]

I always thought he was saying "Hom-Dai". The curse put on Imhotep.

[@nickmartin5294]

Can we maybe get some subtitles to see what was said?

[@rash1990ful]

@@nickmartin5294 Both the blu-ray and Netflix subtitles show that the voice was indeed saying "You will die, you will die".

[@nickmartin5294]

@@rash1990ful Okay, cool, good to know 😃 but who would it be saying that? Imhotep or Anubis?

[@rash1990ful]

@@nickmartin5294 Not sure. Either Anubis as a means of condemning Imhotep in the afterlife, or Imhotep as a means of warning Rick for stepping on his grave.

[@brodyroop6872]

This is one of the most rewatch able movies for me.

[@RichardNorman-ge3fg]

Rick is my favorite character

[@petrstanovsky7648]

After 20 years this is still great and entertaining action scene. Why creators are keep forgetting, that you can't overused CGI?

[@mohamedhommos7748]

Absolutely I do love it and i love how this movie film "The Mummy" goes from action star in 1999 and best comedy to horror action , and yet never seen to ruin anything of them all. Egypt Country North African.

[@Hellston20a]

The costume department might have swapped the FFL for a troop of Brits wearing khaki and Pith Helmets to satisfy the history nuts. But there's no question that the FFL is way cooler!

[@rhyscallinan5058]

Well then we wouldn't have had Rick O'Connell and his dual wielding pistols.

[@marcusanark2541]

Rick O'Connell and this battle started my love of gunslingers.

[@scribblerjohn1]

There are a hundred scenes in this movie where you could go to a freeze-frame and have a perfect cover painting for Golden Fleece, Magic Carpet, or any of the other exotic adventure pulps of the '20s-'40s.

[@Cyan_Nightingale]

The magic of 90s adventure films. This and Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade will always be my favorite. Because they don't make this kind of films anymore today

[@saintlaurentdon7147]

The soundtrack the best this movie forever a masterpiece

[@codyshi4743]

0:53 you just got promoted. 1:15 wait for me. 😂😂😂

[@gachabox3142]

4:27 Imhotep: *GeT oFF MY LaWN*

[@josephagundez5336]

I love this film, it's such a fun ride. Brendan Fraser in The Mummy and Mummy Returns might as well be Uncharted because he's the perfect Nathan Drake.

[@crisfirestar4857]

This is one of the most rewatchable movies of all time

[@bungiecoocoo]

This was my favorite battle to recreate with toy soldiers, cowboys, and Indians.

[@randyenemyhunter]

Native Americans, we're not called Indians

[@SStupendous]

@@randyenemyhunter "American Indians"

[@natureanddeepfeelings6326]

@@SStupendous absolutely not indians. They are true Americans.

[@ryanvouche254]

@@randyenemyhunter people can call you whatever they want

[@aaronmaas22]

@@randyenemyhunter That's what the toys are traditionally called though,

[@MrBANGALOREBOYS]

You just got promoted... 😂😂😂😂😂beautiful beni.

[@shawne02]

2:31 spongebob getting popped

[@mayrokratt6195]

Lol pepe

[@Vekren]

This is such a badass manly scene. Well done Brenden Fraser.

[@lucaspham5238]

Respect to the solders who stand their ground even they were outnumber and the enemies were closing in

[@Ktomi14]

You’ve just got promoted ❤

[@bionicleanime]

This film aged like Egyptian honey. Good and enjoyable when it first came out. Reheat it later and becomes just as good as before.

[@fabriziolupinetti5055]

The mummy ❤❤❤❤Rick❤Brendan Fraser ❤❤

[@dy031101]

It's amazing that the whole garrison trusted Rick enough to not bail.

[@Batou3]

Because what else were they gonna do?

[@ΨΣχ_1988Ω]

As a child, this one scene was enough for me to fall in love with this movie! P.S. I still don't understand how the French ended up in colonial Egypt? The filmmakers didn't have the props of British soldiers? P.S. And the sounds of shots seem to have been taken from the AK-47 from the game Counter-Strike v1.6

[@austria9811]

Napoleon was in Egypt for a few years

[@sam-2341]

Rick explains later on in the movie, this unit goes AWOL most likely from Algeria, they “without orders, marched across Libya and into Egypt, and once we got there, all we found was sand and blood”

[@SStupendous]

@@austria9811 Ah right, back in the mid-late 1790s, makes sense why there's military activity in the early 1920s then 🤦‍♂️

[@zerotheero]

it just sounds jarring when hearing that here.

[@m1994a3jagnew]

the postwar years in the middle east were still very turbulent times. both the British and the French were carving up the ottoman empire and that violent disagreement has been going on for the past century now. so it's not too far fetched

[@windsweeper8002]

I always liked the music at 4:44. It nicely captures the tension and the mystery.

[@charlespatoshik5305]

This movie is my childhood i remember when i was a little i didn't had computer or internet only little tv and once i fell a sleep and missed the movie i was crying all day 😂😂 thats how much i loved watching it

[@ViraIshnia]

I love this movie. So well done

[@pedrosanchez-br4br]

WINS AN OSCAR 2023 - 0:56 , FITS PERFECTLY. CONGRATULATIONS BRENDAN!!!!

[@facuuu2809]

I remember watching this scene and always being so fascinated by it, probably this is what started my obsession with historical battles lol

[@Autmun83718]

This is much better than the reboot.

[@frankknox9127]

The Setting of this scene is literally a hundred years ago. Hello from 2023!

[@Nishkid641]

Can't even believe why the film producers decided to have a French Legion in Egypt in 1923. Back then, the foreign power that maintained its presence in the country was the British.

[@goofnutgav]

Later on in the movie, Rick explained to Evie that the garrison he was with at that moment had gone AWOL from their home country because of the legend of Hamunaptra and the treasure that possibly laid within, so all those men basically went rogue and they died because of human greed.

[@MoreEvilThanYahweh]

@@HelghastStalker Not enough to cross multiple borders in force without incident. That they got that far without Italian or British forces skirmishing with or chasing them is just more of Hollywood not putting even 1/1000th of their effort in good writing compared to SFX and casting.

[@MoreEvilThanYahweh]

@@HelghastStalker I know it's just a dumb Hollywood popcorn flick and don't really expect them to do better, but you came off to me as trying to justify things as kinda plausible and felt like butting in.

[@MoreEvilThanYahweh]

@@HelghastStalker That was uncalled for, man. Using the R-word like that.

[@johnwayne2898]

You're absolutely right, but part of me still really loves this scene because, even though it's a war that never happened, they made it completely accurate. Down from the uniforms, weapons used (FFR is very accurate), and the possibility of the superpower fighting it (though it was British presence in our timeline, it could have been French in another timeline) This scene shows a fantastic example of how to make a fake historical war seem very realistic

[@josten8044]

The blue kerchief that Rick wears in the series, I want to believe is his blue Foreign Legion sash. We sadly don't get to see him with the Legionnaires again and in the third movie he briefly reminisces when he sees his uniform, but I like the idea he would keep the sash on him or around his neck as a good luck charm.

[@channingthomas6697]

I have watched this dvd countless times and my #1 favorite scene is meeting Rick O'Connell. He has his head turned away from the camera in a scene of comedy and he gets more endearing as the movie moves on. Love this movie. Listen to the commentary if you have the dvd.

[@__tachibana8072]

0:18 my face whenever i got off work

[@DIGETdan117]

OMG I make that face whenever I get on my bike to go to work

[@VitoriaGraciagracia]

Emfs 1:32 ❤❤😂😂😂🎉😢😮😮😊😊​@@DIGETdan117

[@kompa7000]

Después de tantos años aún me sigue gustando esta película de aventura

[@kobejete2796]

Te quero taco bell

[@frenchcoupon3391]

Can we put aside the perfect military strategy and enjoy the masterful direction, music and shot composition? This movie is equal to Indiana Johnes in my book and I revisit it more often (music, story, Villain and CGI/SFX are better for me). Only characters, action and settings are maybe equal.

[@proantagonist5042]

Brendan seems a natural when it came to action roles

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

I would like everyone to keep in mind that every single one of these rifles excels at ranges of 100-800M. Yet engage calvary at what 15-25m? Still love the movie as this scenes military accuracy has very little to do with the story.

[@NYG5]

It looks really cool, but they shoulda stayed inside that complex and let the cavalry come at them through that chokepoint of a ramp, and they probably should have had at least one machinegun with them unless some lore says they chose not to lug it all around the desert.

[@mattrR678]

@@NYG5 Even with a machine gun, they were clearly outmatched. They had a dozen men against hundreds of calvary. Clearly, morale was low since the commander simply bolted. Maybe they had been attacked and used up all their ammo or waiting for reinforcements.

[@NYG5]

@@mattrR678 they seemed to have been wandering the desert for a while so they may have had to abandon some of their equipment. Still, I always try and make either side as strong as possible so it becomes all the more impressive when one side wins. Having a machinegun team getting overrun by the cavalry charge while trying to reload or something would have been cool. Woulda had the legionaires be stronger while the Berbers would have unrelenting zeal, making their numbers unstoppable. Either way this is still one of those scenes that may be short on some logic but still delivers and executes well enough to where it's still a great scene. I blame this scene for getting me into the crackhead hobby of collecting old military surplus rifles.

[@rivereuphrates8103]

I just now realized O'Connell facing the Anubis shot is totally a tribute to the Exorcist's opening scene. Brilliant! I always held this film as a very entertaining but kind of goofy childhood guilty pleasure, but seeing it with adult eyes it actually holds up extremely well. The charge and engagement at the beginning is also stunningly realistic. The team behind this first installment did an incredible job. It's a shame the rest of them weren't as good, but that's film franchises (except maybe LOtR). Maybe.

[@tjjordan4207]

I know this movie isn’t as good as the original… but I freaking love this movie! In a time when so many films were relying on CGI and not even trying to put in the effort (which, the more I think about it, little has changed but yet so much has changed) it’s amazing that this film does the exact opposite. Well, kinda. There is terrible CGI but for the most part everything is pretty much physical effects. Even Brandon Fraiser was badass and likable. I can’t help but love this movie.

[@LordVader1094]

The original? This one is equally as good if not better.

[@tjjordan4207]

@@LordVader1094 Um, I was talking about the 1932 film. The 1999 version doesn't really measure up to the greatness of the original but it never was trying to be. It knew it couldn't and decided to focus more on the action/adventure, which is why I give it a pass. But yes, this movie is a great film. In fact, when I look back at the 90s, the movies (not all) of that era are way better than movies of today.

[@bufflatino5121]

@@tjjordan4207 *This movie is FAR better than the original. In every way possible.*

[@leandromiguel4481]

@@tjjordan4207 nope sorry 1999 version is way better

[@ultrajd]

Brendan Fraser was probably one of the most underappreciated and under utilized actors in the mid to late 90s and early 2000s. I actually got rather upset when I learned that he had basically been blacklisted by Hollywood for a short while.

[@Rildar]

Which is why it’s wonderful news he’s finally getting some good roles again

[@ultrajd]

@@Rildar Agreed