The Mummy (2017)Trying to get a unified universe together is not easy...
Just ask DC...
Took them a couple of try, until get got it right (Wonder Women 2017).
Here, Universal is trying their hands at a unified universe "franchise" based on their monster properties.
Technically speaking, this is their "second" try (Dracula Untold 2014, was supposed to be part of this universe, and have since been aborted).
Here is where the confusion for me starts...
Initially,
Roberto Orci was supposed to direct, and
Tom Cruise is coming on as both lead and Producer.
Alex Kurtzman was supposed to be writer.
Then the musical chair started...
Roberto Orci is now a producer,
Alex Kurtzman direct (I understand they have a fall out. They are long time collaborator with J.J. Abrams) and
Tom Cruise is only the lead...
Putting that aside, with Tom Cruise involved, the stunts in this movie is MIND BOGGLING good.
The plane scene, the car through the woods scene....
Now, if a good movie is only based on stunts work and action scene, this movie will go on and make an obscene amount of movie and bonafide hit!!!
Unfortunately, that is not the case.
The story people, THE STORY!!!
That said this is, they are six writers involved in this. That's right, six!!! Is this a case of too many cooks?.... I don't know. This story is not very good.
For this movie to work, the main villain,
Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella) has to come acrossed as.... relentless. It is just not there...
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The reason that Seth has to have a human host, not defined, and all this is to have Tom Cruise inherent all the mummy's power at the end, come on!!! I suppose, having Tom Cruise as an ancient Egyptian to begin with, would be an even harder sell..
So... in short, great stunts, fantastic production quality, not much substance because of the weak story...
As always,
My Two Sen
This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Jun 10 2017, 07:10 PM