The Mummy (2017)
Snow White and the Seventh Seal might have been a better title for a very interesting experimental film that tampered with a LOT of things like Princess Ahmanet’s inevitable ascendency to the throne of her father 5,000 years ago in ancient Egypt as Sophia Boutella is introduced to the viewing audience besting a dude with her quarterstaff the instant before her father’s eye comes to rest lovingly on Ahmanet’s pregnant stepmother and the unborn boy-child who will crush all of Ahmanet’s hopes and dreams as sure as the Lord made little green apples and Snow White kills all three of the assholes (Papa Pharaoh, Stepmama Pharaoh & Baby Pharaoh) who block her due.
Toxic Patriarchy’s plenty enough to get the audience on the side of our wonder-warrior princess whose commitment to infanticide, patricide and stepmother-cide is hard cider even for insiders to find entirely cool, but Ahmanet’s pact with Set (the Egyptian god with power over death) might have been introduced to this particular story in a better way with chess pieces, compromise and dwarf technology (which might have left no room to tell a story in which Tom Cruise plays a shitty thief who gets his ass kicked repeatedly [by a woman**] and runs a lot [with another woman who keeps up with him]* and becomes a monster/god/moviestar who can step out of the Ethan Hunt (Eagle Scout) character and play with Russel Crowe’s Jekyll/Hyde in an excellent origin story underlayment that could well have been the Dark Universe franchise enabler that’s featured in the special features; Frankenstein/Dracula/Wolfman/Invisible Man/Mummy… narratives that stood alone and interacted like fourth wall fabric-food for Hope & Crosby and Abbot & Costello.
— AI Overview
*Tom Cruise’s running style is a high-energy, all-out sprint characterized by straight-line running, tightly engaged core, high knees, and a powerful arm “karate chop” with open hands slicing the air. While highly effective for his cinematic sprints, it’s not an efficient or economical running style for distance, focusing on maximum speed and intensity rather than endurance or smooth, fluid motion. His signature animated facial expressions and overall intensity also contribute to the iconic “Tom Cruise run”. — AI Overview
**While the iconic Tom Cruise persona usually wins fights as Jack Reacher, Ethan Hunt and others, William Cage (Edge of Tomorrow [2014}) dies one hell of a lot and Nick Morton’s ass is soundly kicked by Ahmanet at each and every opportunity (save one). — AI Overview
The wonderfulness of Van Helsing and the enchanting monster narrative loom also failed to grab the popular imagination at the time of insertion into the public eye, but for signs of a major motion picture star shedding his usuals, there may be no better example than Cary Grant as a male war bride or Tom Cruise as Nick Morton not minding the failure of The Mummy (2017) to Lawrence of Arabia its way into legendary screen opportunities to play some alternatives.
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