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That new Mummy movie left much to be desired.

posted 7 years ago by TheFarsideObserver (155)
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Don't get me wrong, it was feature length and it was completed so obviously the filmmakers did something right. But aside from that I can't see how this is much of an improvement from the Brendan Frasier Mummy movie. Also it wasn't particularly scary and the action was generic at best. Tom Cruise is a good actor but has little place in a horror movie. And the supporting actress was a bitch. Tom should have slapped her back when she hit him in their first scene.

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 7 years ago

Thanks for the review, Farside. Remakes and sequels seldom measure up to the original.

😎

[–] wanton87 (934) 7 years ago

Was it so bad that the audience wanted to “walk like an Egyptian” right out of the theater?

Sorry TheFarsideObserver; couldn’t pass that one up 😀

[–] arvin g borkar (2854) 7 years ago

Any remakes are just cash cows. They are not meant for your entertainment as much as they are to just make some filler income before Hollywood's next blockbuster.

[–] April-151-CT (10210) 7 years ago

Yes, so very true. Remakes used to be labors of love. Sadly, that's a thing of the past now.

[–] Mint Berry Crunch (345) 7 years ago

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[–] Renovatio (2990) 7 years ago

The original Mummy movies were pretty mediocre as well.. it's only that a lot of people saw them when they were young and at a time before navel-gazing nerd-culture became mainstream, so they could actually have fun watching a silly movie and thus have fond memories of the same...

I do agree Cruise should have stayed away though, he's far too big a star to be in such a movie and was always going to overshadow any monsters in such a non-R rated adventure movie...

[–] napsdufroid (2077) 7 years ago

Is this really a surprise? The trailers alone pretty much indicated it would be a bomb