The Mummy - Official Movie Review

The Mummy starring Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe, Annabelle Wallis, and Sofia Boutella is reviewed by Matt Atchity (Rotten Tomatoes), Alonso Duralde (TheWrap and Linoleum Knife podcast), and Christy Lemire (www.ChristyLemire.com).
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Tom Cruise headlines a spectacular, all-new cinematic version of the legend that has fascinated cultures all over the world since the dawn of civilization: The Mummy. Thought safely entombed in a tomb deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess (Sofia Boutella of Kingsman: The Secret Service and Star Trek Beyond) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension. From the sweeping sands of the Middle East through hidden labyrinths under modern-day London, The Mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder and thrills in an imaginative new take that ushers in a new world of gods and monsters. Cruise is joined by a cast including Annabelle Wallis (upcoming King Arthur, television's Peaky Blinders), Jake Johnson (Jurassic World), Courtney B. Vance (TV's American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. Simpson) and Oscar (R) winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator). The creative team on this action-adventure event is led by director/producer Alex Kurtzman and producer Chris Morgan, who have been instrumental in growing some of the most successful franchises of the past several years-with Kurtzman writing or producing entries in the Transformers, Star Trek and Mission: Impossible series, and Morgan being the narrative engineer of the Fast & Furious saga as it has experienced explosive growth from its third chapter on. Sean Daniel, who produced the most recent Mummy trilogy, produces alongside Kurtzman and Morgan.
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[@MrModernSociety3]

The real shock is that Alex Kurtzman is still getting fucking work. Like does hollywood think the last 4 bombs were just coincidence?

[@egghead365]

Dude he's a jew in Hollywood, it doesn't matter if he has talent or not!

[@Lamidemonami7891]

he has directed one movie before! please explain what the hell your talking about

[@abooboo654]

HE MUST HAVE PHOTOS OF UNIVERSAL EXEC MASTURBATING TO CHILDREN PORN.THERE IS NO OTHER EXPLANATION!

[@sudevsen]

MrModernSociety3 clearly taking advantage of Jewish nepotism

[@oldmoviemusic]

Keith, they're talking about his writing record, which is atrocious. His last project is The Amazing Spiderman 2.... Yup...

[@footieballer]

This review makes me want to watch The Mummy, 1999. That was a truly enjoyable movie: sit back and have some popcorn flick.

[@Shadowman4710]

I liked the first one-disliked the second one and the third one was unwatchable.

[@scorpion11277]

Rich Tube just watched it a couple nights & it still holds up quite well & is still fun, the FX are a bit dated though. I have no interest in this version even with Tom Cruise.

[@footieballer]

Philip Alvarez me neither.

[@wepplex]

This movie made the '99 Mummy look like The Godfather. Every scene was so dark you could hardly see anything. Not funny, not exciting, not coherent when it had so much potential. The final score of The Dummy: 5.5/10.

[@scorpion11277]

Dixie Normous lol your name is golden 😂

[@davidleedutton]

I can't believe no one thought to have Tom Cruise shout "Show me the mummy!"

[@marikotrue3488]

Too bad on The Mummy, should have been a big, preposterously fun popcorn movie. However, bad movie usually equals entertaining review so I am happy.

[@anndrezzz4483]

Matt 'Don't See This Sober' I want to see that on the Blu ray cover 😂

[@Xayjohns]

Juanscum381 It should be in the next ad

[@SINATRA303]

There needs to be a critical evaluation among critics of the 1999 version w/Brendan Fraser. He really knew how to fill the action hero role. The soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith, the special effects, the acting and the cinematography were all amazing. Also Arnold Vosloo is such an underrated actor as well and absolutely killed the role of Imhotep. Great performances all around. Love it.

[@goodgamelover123]

There were 6 writers for this shitfire by the way...

[@JoaqMan]

It was that fucker Rich Evans

[@earlobama9961]

Usually the MORE writers you have, the bigger the piece of shit.

[@goodgamelover123]

+Earl Obama always.

[@Jd1680a]

I got an idea. There was The Mummy:Animated Series Universal Studios did in the last decade. Why not restart that series and put it on Netflix? No instead they decided to do a rehash of a movie from an IP that actually worked. The animated series would have a lower cost then making a movie.

[@alexanderforbes1452]

She was in Peaky Blinders and The Tudors, plus a small role in X-Men First Class as the hot girl in the bar with heterochromia that one can be forgiven for forgetting.

[@MattDuarte11]

The original mummy is the shit👍🏻

[@richfictionfighter]

Is this the first Tom Cruise-fronted Razzie contender since 'Cocktail'?

[@jacobelis79]

Alex Kurtzman is the reason why this blows I'm guessing. He and Roberto Orci have scripted all the shitty blockbuster sci-fi / fantasy films of the past 10 years. But thank god they aren't getting much work anymore and hiring Kurtzman as helmsman for his directorial debut on a Tom Cruise movie? Yeah... I hope Cruise and his scientology goons end his career once and for all.

[@stephenmalovski313]

Jack Brown Yeap... those guys are the Emmerich/Devlin duo of the new millennium

[@jacobelis79]

You know what... I'm going to join you on that. "The Lost Crew" is very well put. They are all trash popcorn writers / producers / whatever. And yes... DEFINITELY him... He who shall not be named. I'm still mad at Lost to this day. And yep... Emmerich/Devlin is for damn sure. This movie sounds Independence Day 2 bad and that movie was GOD AWFUL.

[@movieman82us]

Don't know about their movies, but Kurtzman and Orci's television work is awesome.

[@earlobama9961]

The reason this sucks so hard is because the studio is so out of touch with what people want, and the licenses that they hold. I give these guys some credit... Warner Bros. said "We Need an EPIC Mummy movie." And they tried their best. Problem is that Mummy's, Wolfmen and Frankenstein's don't work on an EPIC scale. These creatures only work in tight spaces with a limited group of victims whom the audience has invested themselves in. No matter how many times the Wolfman takes Manhattan we are just not going to give a fuck. Werewolf in London worked so well because for 88 minutes there were only a small handful of people being terrorized, and these were people we cared about. Then at the end it spent 7 minutes destroying London and that shit was about as EPIC as we are going to allow these monsters to be.

[@JoseRodriguez-un2kc]

Is it hard making a good movie? Especially when it's setting up a universe.

[@TravisHouze]

Jose Rodriguez it's hard to make a good movie. However, it gets harder when the studio saying we have to make it a part of a franchise and make sure it all connects

[@wgjung1]

Tom Cruise should do a movie about Xenu and that's it.

[@Charlotte_Martel]

I would seriously love to see that. Didn't John Travolta already do one a few years back?

[@rcurtiss9885]

Are Ya'll going to review It Comes At Night before Saturday? Wanted to see Ya'll's opinion before I chance it

[@whiplash9548]

What's worse though this or Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

[@BobSullivanAKABuffy]

Trust me, I'm NO Tom Cruise fan but I hated this trailer from day one. But I sure didn't expect it to be THIS bad! But that makes me happy.

[@fearcosplays]

Is there a lot of jump scares or a few or none at all in this movie?

[@john84753]

It wasn't THAT damn bad. The special effects were awesome, the acting was very good and had some humor thrown in. All in all, I enjoyed it. I don't care that Cruise is a Scientologist or that he jumps on couches. I'm not thinking about actors' personal lives when I'm watching a movie no more than I'm thinking about an author's personal life when I'm reading a book unless it's an autobiography.

[@movierundownreviews7634]

Tom Cruise can never replace Brenden Fraser!!! lol

[@OldDood]

Well, I have NOT seen this movie and I was not going to until it comes out on Amazon Prime or Netflix or HBO, etc... However, one thing I will give Tom Cruise credit for is that he is a very physical actor STILL! Think about it he is in his 50's doing things many actors do not do in their 50's anymore. Once Actor comes to mind that was very active physically well into his 50's (and 60's) is Burt Lancaster. Watch some of Burt Lancaster's films of the 1960's and see what I mean. *'The Scalphunters'* is one that is a little known gem to see. (Around 1968 I think) Great casting all around in that film... So anyways Tom Cruise still has it physically and I give him credit for that.

[@domainofdotart6125]

Did TC ride a Motorcycle in this one he usually makes it a requirement?

[@drogoscg1]

And yet how much money did Cruise and Crowe walk away with regardless of box office??

[@klimmr]

Why does Universal even need a cinematic universe? They've got franchises like Jurassic Park, Fast and the Furious, and dare I say, the Minions.

[@Schmidteren]

To me a 2/10... Matt and I seem to agree mostly on movies. I like you for that.

[@NoWay1969]

Bryan Brown is stellar in Cocktail. I'm actually going to re-watch since it was brought up. Heywood Gould's novel that it was based is actually really good. Much darker. BvS, utter garbage.

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

No, seriously, who thought this shit would be a good idea? Also why has the trailer for this been forced into every single release for the last 2 years?

[@peterlynch1458]

Matt Atchity's transformation just keeps on going. He's starting to look like Gustavo Fring.

[@timothyw98]

Russell Crowe doing brash cockney Hyde was baffling

[@Gustavo-fm2vm]

I might watch it when it comes out on TPB.

[@MrFloppyHare]

Drinking from a big ass jar...?!?! A fucking JAR!?!?!?! Only in 'Murica....

[@sudevsen]

lol Christy is relishing the puns

[@thomashcullen8669]

Can a window argue with a national history over whether trees and grass can look forward to weekends?

[@RominaJones]

"There's a good ambulance chase." Lol, one for the poster.

[@fliiguy247]

Gotta ease up on the subtle spoilers

[@jeffreyriley8742]

If you don't think "Boris Karloff" when you think of the Mummy, the soul of the whole thing has been lost.

[@Ironbat92]

13:11 - 13:20 So you're saying The Mummy would be a good time....... If I were Drunk.

[@giancardenas1499]

Joseph Ocasio you're gonna need shrooms for this one bruh

[@crithon]

YIKES! Worse then BvS? BvS I was like "what am I seeing? Why? Who?"

[@joadorable]

I saw "The Mummy" and I thought; "Uuuuhhh new content pleeeaaaaase!". Then, Tom Cruise.... I can't even... But Tom Cruise gets posessed by the Mummy!!! = OMG Multimillion studio make something good for cinema already!!!

[@amphitheatre]

i like when you rip into the schlock out there.

[@pvtpain66k]

Matt's opinion of this movie makes me smile.

[@Grizzleface]

She's also in Peaky Blinders

[@Charlotte_Martel]

A really underrated series. Everyone is great in it, and the story lines are awesome. Doesn't completely sanitize the times (looking at you, Downton Abbey!). But most WTF viewers probably know her from "Anabelle."

[@LasPlagasOfficial]

Havent Watched What The Flick In A While, And Holy Shit Matt You Lost Some Weight Good For You Bro!

[@BadGuyRants]

why is there a plan crash in a fucking universal monsters film? Being back dead Boris Karloff!

[@baghead777]

Is Christy drinking moonshine?

[@changeablegamer6139]

baghead777 only way to watch this movie

[@christopherlcoleman]

Alonso and Matt, please let Christy speak without interruption, please! It happens quite often, but this episode was one of the worst. Had to say something. Outside of this, I really enjoy your collective reviews.

[@BrianNichols91]

Despite everyone shitting on this film I'm still going to see it because a 2.7 is completely unrealistic for this film as a rating if you've seen films like Dragonball evolution and gingerdead man. Or evil bong. Or Killjoy. Those films are what I think of when people give low ass scores like 1s and 2s. The Mummy cannot be a 2.7 that's just hating because everyone else hates it. The movie will be entertaining at least even if it's not a proper set up for this dark universe.

[@rennekelly288]

STOP INTERRUPTING THE WOMAN!!!

[@msuarez1005]

Renne Kelly -which one is that?

[@HitoKunioka]

I hope It Comes at Night crushes at the box office.

[@scorpion11277]

Is she drinking moonshine? That can't be water in the mason jar?

[@briantreanor960]

Some people don't think it's healthy to drink from plastic bottles. Pretty dumb.

[@storywala88]

Valkyrie is good

[@jemiahdapap8053]

Mina Harker with a voodoo Frankenstein monsters bride with the monster rescuing a pre full moon werewolf from a jail cell while the mummy and mummies are also trying to kidnap the werewolf due to the spirits that haunt the werewolf cause of the curse. After a turbulent rescue Mina, the voodoo bride must fight off vampires while a turning werewolf rages in the getaway vehicle with the monster driving. Gargoyles who are good due to Quasimodo's befriending create the opening for them to escape.

[@jemiahdapap8053]

I got quite the action monster movie in my head. Dracula stays in this gigantic blimp in the clouds where a trapped Victor Frankenstein is captive feverishly creating more monsters. Yada yada yada six movies later The Monster and his bride ride off into the sunRise

[@poopstainhotdog1]

universal is going to do this with all of their monster classics SMH. the originals are so great and still work today! whoever at universal thought of this in order to compete with marvel and warner bros should be lynched by a mob, like at the end of Frankenstein.

[@goodgamelover123]

How could you fuck up such a simple premise??

[@blueg8731]

This review makes me want to turn somebody into a mummy. Well done, studio executives!

[@shanewilliams35]

I enjoyed The Mummy (1999) reference. Don't wanna spoil it but I lost my shit for a second. Hahaha It wasn't bad I'd say (this remake) but definitely could've been done better. Loved the Russell Crowe scene, Sofia boutella, Tom cruise's fate in the film, but Jake Johnson ruins it I think. The comedy is just terrible.

[@76HabeasCorpus]

Why does Christy drink from a fishbowl?

[@PurushaDesa]

Perhaps Tom Cruise is a Paramount sleeper agent designed to fuck up other studios. As enjoyable as Edge of Tomorrow was it flopped too.

[@Qwazin]

I ain't no student of ancient culture but there's one thing I do know there's a lot of ruin IN MESOPOTAMIA

[@KnightsAndDarths]

I knew it

[@TonyLehane]

FINISH REVIEWING SENSE8 AND PLUG THE PETITION THAT HAS OVER 476k SIGNATURES!

[@thomashcullen8669]

Can the Vietnam War write a movie review, and visit other planets?

[@ferasalhati8713]

I still enjoyed it

[@iurifreire7150]

Someone buy Christy a mug

[@iamgabryel]

U dont need to spoiler the moovie..wtf....

[@koorosh647]

Matt lost so much weight!! He looks great, miss the beard tho.

[@partymariner]

I thought I was looking at another Mission Impossible installment! I predict a 💣

[@woodsyy4]

6:44 my thoughts exactly

[@jordcadwell]

Y'all are the bomb

[@quaxk]

What do you mean? None of them are muslim?!

[@quaxk]

It's called race realism you snowflake!

[@beavispdx]

quaxk 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@EnzoTheBaker]

Matt Achity seems to be on a sugar buzz or something. More energy than usual. What are they putting into those Starbucks drinks these days?

[@IanSmith2814]

Flop house shoutout!!

[@CurtisEGarrett]

Who drinks water out of a mason jar?

[@jenisedai]

Wait, this isn't a Tom Cruise kind of Tom Cruise movie? Then maybe I should see it, because I f'ing hate Tom Cruise movies!

[@asthensbeech7500]

Well guide plot, and fits the steotype of what a mummy is. The word it self is not copywrited. uh no the subtex is you hate the movie because the most powerful mummy is a she. All movies say " mess with the dead or abandoned stuff, then it will get you into trouble.

[@asthensbeech7500]

Magnolia had needless bigoted awful dialog

[@CarlosDiaz-li5bh]

So now I know Jake Johnson is dead

[@DonTheMovieReviewer]

Have you guys ever given a movie a score of 0.0? Cause The Mummy (2017) is a score of 0.0

[@andreraymond6860]

Vanilla Sky

[@ebransc09]

Pretty good for a remake of Mannequin

[@TimeisReel]

It was... okay

[@lastguyminn2324]

3D sucks for every movie. It's just a gimmicky distraction that tries and miserably fails to cover for bad filmmaking.

[@Plengwing]

Everything that's wrong with this movie is obvious in the trailer, including Tom Cruise.

[@ItsTimePictures]

Reviews are just bad bad bad. Ouch.

[@sharmarvgeorge]

the first 5 minutes i knew i was in trouble ha. The first 5 minutes every joke failed and the writing was kinda bad. i ended up eventually falling asleep on it. Cruise is great and so was Crowe. The comedy just failed for me. it wasnt funny . did like the nods to the 1999 mummy thought that was fun

[@thedashboard9562]

Alonso you watch your damn mouth! *Legend* is great! lol

[@GameplayTwist]

Would it be better in a foreign language? Seems your problems with it go away if it would be better in a foreign language. Except of course for the critique that it sucks don't go watch it.

[@Muldfeld]

The reason this movie sucks is another of J.J. Abrams buddies -- this time, Alex Kurtzman. These guys are INCAPABLE of writing anything non-derivative or with any passion or political conviction. They're commercial sellouts.

[@squamish4244]

This was so bad I shut it off halfway through.

[@elmeri_alexander8246]

Dark universe has been officially cancelled... again

[@julianjessevideo]

I'm boycotting all Tom Cruise films because of his involvement with Scientology.

[@ErgoDog]

< 3

[@joe41040]

Mmmmm think this is a missssss 😴 of a movie

[@timothyw98]

Worst movie ever has to go to Cocktail, so toe curling their touching my eyebrows.

[@earlobama9961]

Fucking ridiculous... these movies will all fail for the simplest of reasons. Marvel and D.C. have the market on big budget action. Classic horror is ALWAYS best when it is on a small/relatable scale. Nobody wants to see a F-ing Mummy destroy New York city. We MIGHT want to see our favorite actors and actresses trapped inside some catacombs with a truly horrifying Mummy though. Spend some money on your performers... Spend some money on your gore effects, and find a superb writer to creep the hell out of an audience on a Warner Brother's budget. When was the last time we had a "Serious, Hollywood, Scarefest?" Silence of the Lambs??? Meh, that movie was (ok) I guess. People want to see (Scary) Wolfman, not (EPIC) Wolfman. and this is why the modern versions of these classic horror films have failed so miserably.

[@sleepyazathoth5238]

So the Mummy herself is sexualized? Yep, porn parody is coming.

[@herbzzz]

Moral of the story: don't see this film 👎👎👎 lol

[@planetg2125]

BvS is a masterpiece, of course it's better

[@BJAdamBarry]

The sad life and times of Trump Snowflakes - See the comment section

[@MrModernSociety3]

Glad these professional critics give a spoiler in the first few minutes of the review with no warning. Just because you don't like a film doesn't mean you shouldn't take the review seriously.

[@egghead365]

Here's another spoiler: that movie is shit, Tom Cruise's in it!

[@Sitarman345]

Rule 1. If it's in the trailer it's not a spoiler.

[@film79]

"It has bad dialog" is a spoiler?

[@MrModernSociety3]

I was talking about how Tom Cruise is possessed. I had no clue. I assumed he was going to be another monster or something. Also, just because something is in a trailer doesn't mean it isn't a spoiler. Especially when you get to the 3rd trailer onward studios will literally put the entire film into a trailer.

[@MrModernSociety3]

Resort to poor insults when you have nothing of substance to add. Nicely done :)

[@youhateme8827]

Do they ever let either one of them talk with interrupting? Babbling babbling babbling.

[@quaxk]

Egomaniacs are typically bad at listening.

[@sergiogarciac.6640]

go to christ stuckman channel for real honest reviews

[@maisielockwood3182]

5ergio 6arcia Chris stuckman gave BVS a high rating he can't be trusted

[@TheGeorgeD13]

Maisie Lockwood, Chris Stuckmann hated BVS. He gave it a C-. That's terrible.

[@memorandom7484]

Yeah, he's given some absolute clunkers A grades. Didn't he call Prometheus _intelligent?_

[@JesusSavedJoshua]

one of the critics says "write some dialogue that works". I think he should follow his own advice and write some critical remarks that he can read that are swear free. seriously there is no reason to drop f-bombs and other swears in the middle of your review...show some class!!!