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The Mummy review
Irish director Lee Cronin follows his Evil Dead reboot with what feels like another Evil Dead film but without a real sense of humour
TL;DR
- Warner Bros. is unusually promoting 'The Mummy' as 'Lee Cronin's The Mummy,' emphasizing the director over an actor.
- The film is criticized for its excessive 134-minute runtime, tonal uncertainty, and lack of scares.
- Despite its grand ambition and visual appeal, the script is deemed weak, lacking suspense, character development, and logical progression.
- Universal is attempting to find smaller, cheaper ways to utilize classic monsters, with 'The Mummy' being a more expensive proposition compared to films like 'The Invisible Man' or 'Renfield.'
- The plot involves a child, Katie, who reappears after an eight-year disappearance in Cairo, exhibiting signs of locked-in syndrome and disturbing physical changes.
- The film incorporates elements of creepy kid horror similar to 'The Exorcist' and 'The Omen,' but is noted for its excessive gore and a lack of Sam Raimi's dark humor.
- While visually stunning and epic in scope, the film's core weakness lies in its inability to conjure a terrifying script.