The Mummy (1999) movie poster

The Mummy (1999)

"The sands will rise. The heavens will part. The power will be unleashed."
ThumbScore
👍 88%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 56%
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Runtime
2h 4m
Rated
PG-13
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.0/10 (9,816 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
63%
Metacritic
48

Cast

Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell · 70% avg
Rachel Weisz as Evelyn Carnahan · 71% avg
John Hannah as Jonathan Carnahan · 74% avg
Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep · 70% avg
Patricia Velásquez as Anck-Su-Namun · 72% avg
Oded Fehr as Ardeth Bay · 81% avg
Kevin J. O'Connor as Beni Gabor · 73% avg
Jonathan Hyde as Allen Chamberlain · 74% avg

Is The Mummy good?

Yes. 88% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 56%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#115 / 1446 · Adventure
Rank in its year
#12 / 103 · 1999
Rank among its director's films
#1 / 6 · Stephen Sommers

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

The Mummy is a 1999 American action-adventure horror comedy directed by Stephen Sommers, a loose remake of the 1932 Boris Karloff classic. Brendan Fraser stars as Rick O'Connell, a roguish Foreign Legionnaire who teams up with Evelyn Carnahan, a librarian and aspiring Egyptologist played by Rachel Weisz, and her hapless brother Jonathan, played by John Hannah, to explore the ancient city of Hamunaptra. Their expedition inadvertently resurrects Imhotep, played by Arnold Vosloo, a cursed Egyptian priest who begins regenerating his decayed body by consuming the flesh and organs of those who opened his tomb, while bringing the ten plagues of Egypt upon the world.

Stephen Sommers deliberately styled The Mummy as a modern Indiana Jones adventure, prioritizing fun, humor, and spectacle over horror. Brendan Fraser's O'Connell was a pitch-perfect action hero — charming, self-deprecating, and handy with both fists and firearms — while Rachel Weisz's Evelyn brought intelligence and comedic timing that made her an equal partner rather than a damsel. The visual effects, particularly the digital recreation of Imhotep's various stages of decomposition and regeneration, were state-of-the-art for 1999.

The Mummy earned $415 million worldwide on a $80 million budget, launching a franchise that would include sequels, spin-offs, theme park attractions, and a failed 2017 reboot.

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