![]() In truth, the film is not as bad as word of mouth would lead one to believe. The production hastily moves from one conversation and action set piece to the next in order to achieve its goal within an allotted runtime. ![]() Heck, audiences aren't even allowed a moment to simply enjoy the visual spectacle decorating all 110 minutes of a resurrected Egyptian princess, still fuming after thousands of years over a perceived betrayal, wreaking havoc upon modern-day London. Following in the footsteps of the current superhero craze, the filmmakers impatiently cram this fantasy-adventure horror feature with so many details of future projects, a rushed desire to establish their classic monsters cinematic universe, that there seems little room for characterization. Before even going into the story proper, this first quarter of the movie immediately hints at the problems surrounding this installment to Universal Studios' first official attempt at creating a Dark Universe. In The Mummy, a reboot of the classic Universal Monsters franchise that spans several decades, the film opens with not one but two separate preludes: one with a burial ritual of a Templar knight and the other an exposition flashback with Russell Crowe doing his best British aristocrat voice-over. ![]()
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