WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13 For pervasive adventure violence and some partial nudity. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? If they're into old-fashioned horror/monster movies or are fans of Brendan Fraser ("George of the Jungle") they probably will. Realizing that the inhuman mummy needs others' body parts to regenerate his body, and that he wishes to resurrect his long dead lover, Rick, Evelyn and the others do what they can to contend with the malevolent creature and the deadly plagues he unleashes, as well as with Ardeth Bay (ODED FEHR) and his fellow warriors who are sworn to protect the sacred burial grounds from Imhotep ever being released from his grave. Once their separate archaeological ventures are underway, they not only discover the still "juicy" mummified remains of Imhotep, but also inadvertently enact an incantation that brings the mostly decomposed mummy back to life. They're not the only ones heading there, however, as a group of American cowboys - including Henderson (STEPHEN DUNHAM), Daniels (COREY JOHNSON) and Burns (TUC WATKINS) - accompanied by an Egyptologist (JONATHAN HYDE) and led by Beni - simultaneously arrive at Hamunaptra. It seems they've heard that Rick knows of the ancient temple, and after bribing the prison warden (OMID DJALILI) to spare the man's life, they set off into the Sahara in search of the ruins. To his defense comes Evelyn (RACHEL WEISZ), a bumbling librarian - who works for the Curator (ERICK AVARI) of the Museum of Antiquities - and her relatively inept and boozing brother, Jonathan (JOHN HANNAH). Three years after that, Rick finds himself in jail set to be executed in 1926 Cairo. Thousands of years later, a fierce battle at those hidden Egyptian ruins of Hamunaptra leaves American legionnaire Rick O'Connell (BRENDAN FRASER) and his weasel-like assistant Beni (KEVIN J. As a result, she kills herself and he's captured and mummified alive, left to be consumed by carnivorous scarab beetles with the warning that if he's ever exhumed, he'll unleash various plagues upon his liberators and the rest of Egypt. PLOT: In ancient Thebes, the Pharaoh's mistress, Anck-Su-Namun (PATRICIA VELASQUEZ) and his high priest, Imhotep (ARNOLD VOSLOO) have conspired against their ruler.
QUICK TAKE: Horror/Adventure: A group of explorers must contend with an all-powerful and malevolent mummy who's returned from the dead to unleash various plagues and resurrect his long dead lover. Here are all the actors to have played the undead menace to date.(1999) (Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz) (PG-13) From the original classic to the 2017 reboot with Tom Cruise, performers both famous and relatively unknown have risen from the Egyptian sarcophagus. Several different actors, both men and women, have played the role of the mummy throughout the studio’s long history with the character. Related: How Universal’s Classic Monsters Created Crossover & Multi-Verse Movies Though some form of the monster has appeared onscreen throughout the years, Universal didn’t revisit the property again until 1999 with director Stephen Summers’ The Mummy. This iteration of the restless zombie would continue in three follow-ups and the 1955 comedy, Abbot and Costello Meet the Mummy. The Mummy’s Hand (1940) introduced an entirely new storyline and a different mummy character named Kharis. Universal’s first reboot of the original was also the first follow-up to the 1932 release. Over 40 years later, the studio rebooted the franchise using an action framework to appeal to a broader audience. Released just a year after the studio’s first two big forays into pre-code horror, Dracula and Frankenstein, it eventually led to several interrelated follow-ups in the 1940’s.
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Karloff is one of the best known actors to fill the role, but others have stepped in during Universal's original run and in the movie reboots. One of the first of the iconic Universal monsters was The Mummy (1932), with Boris Karloff portraying the resurrected high priest Imhotep.
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