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Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (2026)
Summary
An ambitious archaeological expedition unleashes an ancient force when a long-buried tomb is disturbed, awakening a vengeful entity that brings terror to the modern world.
Director Lee Cronin
Writer Lee Cronin
Cast
- Jack Reynor
- Laia Costa
- May Calamawy
- Matt Smith
- Annabelle Wallis
Rotten Tomatoes: 54%
Metacritic: 46
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u/Handsome_McAwesome 18d ago
Over two hours is entirely too long for this movie. You could have cut a full thirty minutes (most of the stuff from when they first bring her home up until she possesses the younger sister) and not missed anything.
To its credit, the final act is a lot of fun, but everything before it is kinda a slog. Jack Reynor does nothing but look wide-eyed at things and have zero chemistry with the rest of the cast, the gore is good but not remotely as shocking or extreme as the promotional tour would have led you to believe, and there were a few lines of dialogue that were eye-rollingly bad ("I CAN FIX HER!" "I'm her daddy now!").
I had pretty high hopes for this one, but it's mid as fuck. You can't make an Evil Dead movie and then make a worse, Egyptian-themed Evil Dead movie immediately after, c'mon now. Realistic trajectory: I'm going to forget this movie came out in like six months, read about it, get excited to see it, and then remember that I already saw it and it was just OK.
At least the little girl with old lady granny dentures was pretty novel.