The Mummy (DVD)

The Mummy is the 1999 film directed by Stephen Sommers and based on the film of the same name from 1932. This film gives it a modern uplift and a more adventurous feel. The Plot Rick O'Connell is serving in the French Foreign Legion. He is recruited by Evelyn Carnahan to help her and her brother on an archaeological dig in Hamunaptra, in Egypt. Inadvertently, a curse is unveiled that is centuries old, and a mummy is released. Bestowed with magical powers, Rick and Evelyn must use all their wiles and knowledge to combat the mummy and escape his clutches as he rampages. The Cast and Performances Brendan Fraser is perfectly cast ...

(film only) Many generations ago the high priest, Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), loved the most forbidden woman in Egypt, the Pharaoh's mistress. For love of Anck Su Namun (Patricia Velasquez), he betrayed his position, his people, his country... and slaughtered his king. He brought havoc to the city to rescue her remains that he might perform the rite of resurrection, but the royal guard captured him before the ritual was complete. For the memory of her gilded touch Imhotep was punished with the worst of all ancient curses, the Hom-Dai. Mummified alive, bound and lost beneath the sands of time, he waits to rise again as a powerful and immortal being, reclaim his ...

A group of adventurers accidentally bring to life an ancient Mummy, who comes after them in a quest to bring alive his long dead lover. The Mummy is one of those fun little films which you expect nothing of, but which thrills you and makes you laugh in equal measure. A tribute to the Universal Monster pics of the 1980s, it was the film where Director Steven Sommers got everything right and before he ruined things with the overblown Mummy Returns and the diabolically poor Van Helsing. Everything about The Mummy is just right. It matches an endearingly silly storyline with a fun script, some great chemistry between the characters and generally pretty ...