The Mummy [1999 film]

Overall a pretty fun movie and Brendan Fraser's pretty easy on the eyes

Treasure hunters awaken an immortal supervillain.

2.5/4 (Okay).

It's dumb and too long, but at least it tries to be fun.

2025 movie #173. 1999. Fraser and Weisz, while on an archaeological did in Egypt, accidentally awaken a mummy who needs their help to raise his lover from the dead. Pretty good action adventure pic. Way better than its 2 sequels. 6th highest grossing movie of 1999. Star Trek score: 1. Erick Avari, the Curator, was in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise (1.6) "Terra Nova".

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If you're expecting bandaged-wrapped corpses and a lurching Boris Karloff-type villain, then you've come to the wrong movie. But if outrageous effects, a hunky hero, and some hearty laughs are what you're looking for, the 1999 version of The Mummy is spectacularly good fun. Yes, the critics called it "hokey," "cheesy," and "pallid." Well, the critics are unjust. Granted, the plot tends to stray, the acting is a bit of a stretch, and the characters occasionally slip into cliché, but who cares? When that action gets going, hold tight--those two hours just fly by.
The premise of the movie isn't that far off from the original. Egyptologist and general mess Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) discovers a map to the lost city of Hamunaptra, and show more so she hires rogue Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) to lead her there. Once there, Evelyn accidentally unlocks the tomb of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), a man who had been buried alive a couple of millennia ago with flesh-eating bugs as punishment for sleeping with the pharaoh's girlfriend. The ancient mummy is revived, and he is determined to bring his old love back to life, which of course means much mayhem (including the unleashing of the 10 plagues) and human sacrifice. Despite the rather gory premise, this movie is fairly tame in terms of violence; most of the magic and surprise come from the special effects, which are glorious to watch, although Imhotep, before being fully reconstituted, is, as one explorer puts it, rather "juicy." Keep in mind this film is as much comedy as it is adventure--those looking for a straightforward horror pic will be disappointed. But for those who want old-fashioned eye-candy kind of fun, The Mummy ranks as one of choicest flicks of 1999. --Jenny Brown show less

remake--sort of - of classic Universal studio 1932 version of the MUMMY