Evelyn and Jonathan find Rick and make a deal with him to lead them to the city. Jonathan reveals he stole the box from an American adventurer, Rick O'Connell, who discovered the city while in the French Foreign Legion. In 1926 AD, Jonathan Carnahan presents his sister Evelyn-a librarian and aspiring Egyptologist-with an intricate box and map that lead to Hamunaptra. The Medjai are sworn to prevent Imhotep's return. Imhotep is buried alive with flesh-eating scarab beetles and locked in a sarcophagus at the feet of a statue of the Egyptian god Anubis. The resurrection ritual is stopped by Pharaoh's bodyguards, the Medjai.
Imhotep and his priests steal her corpse and travel to Hamunaptra, the city of the dead. Imhotep flees, while Anck-su-namun kills herself, believing that Imhotep can resurrect her. Imhotep and Anck-su-namun kill the Pharaoh after he discovers their relationship. In Thebes, Egypt, 1290 BC, high priest Imhotep has an affair with Anck-su-namun, the mistress of Pharaoh Seti I. Attempts to reboot the property and kickstart a new media franchise led to a 2017 film.
ACTRESS CUSTOMERS FOR THE MUMMY MOVIES SERIES
It also led to spinoffs such an animated series and the prequel The Scorpion King (2002), which generated its own sequels. The film's success spawned two direct sequels, The Mummy Returns (2001) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008). Despite mixed reviews from critics, it was a commercial success and grossed over $416.4 million worldwide against a production budget of $80 million. The Mummy was theatrically released on May 7, 1999. Jerry Goldsmith provided the orchestral score.
Industrial Light & Magic provided many of the visual effects, blending live-action footage and computer-generated imagery to create the titular monster. Principal photography took place in Morocco and the United Kingdom the crew endured dehydration, sandstorms, and snakes shooting on location in the Sahara desert. In 1997, Stephen Sommers successfully pitched his version of a more adventurous and romantic take on the source material. The film follows adventurer Rick O'Connell as he travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with a librarian and her older brother, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest with supernatural powers.ĭevelopment of the film took years, with multiple screenplays and directors attached. O'Connor, and Arnold Vosloo in the title role as the reanimated mummy. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Kevin J. The Mummy is a 1999 American action-adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers.
The tomb belongs to Emperor Han (Jet Li), a tyrannical leader who ruled all of China with a barbarous fist until a beautiful sorceress (Michelle Yeoh) put a curse. Like father, like son, eh? So clever, Mr. Young Alex, who was only a child in the last film (now played by Luke Ford, who looks no more than 10 years Fraser's junior), is all grown up and, unbeknownst to his parents, has quit university to go dig for a mythical tomb in the desolate Chinese outback. His wife, Evelyn (played by American actress Maria Bello, who does a commendable job with the English accent but seems to be channeling Kate Beckinsale more than Rachel Weisz), has made a fortune writing not-so-fictional novels about perilous run-ins with nasty, undead fiends. In your film, Brendan Fraser reprises his role as Rick O'Connell, the globe-trotting explorer who, seven years after last Mummy installment, now finds himself living in an opulent Oxfordshire mansion, whittling away his hours fly-fishing-or at least attempting to. Cohen, I'll say this for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor-it makes Indy's latest adventure look like a masterpiece by comparison. And so I'm forced to ask: Why, when that film was such a colossal disappointment, would I ever want to watch your third-rate, wannabe, copycat rip-off!? Mr. After 15 years, it would have been better if we'd simply left Indy riding off into that glorious sunset. Earlier this summer, we were all treated to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a cinematic event many of us were deeply excited about, only to be greatly disappointed the film was a pale, ridiculous ghost of its former self, more hokey parody than joyous reunion.
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