'Lee Cronin's The Mummy' Review: A gruesome reimagining of classic Hollywood monster

This ain't your grandmother's "Mummy."

Nearly 100 years aft the iconic monster graced the large surface comes a reimagining from New Line Cinema. The starring mummy isn't an past Egyptian precocious priest. It's an teen girl.

The movie follows the Cannon family. Charlie (Jack Reynor), the father, is an American newsman stationed successful Cairo, bringing his large woman Larissa (Laia Costa) and their 2 young children Katie and Sebastian (Emily Mitchell and Dean Allen Williams) for a months-long stint overseas. Tragedy strikes erstwhile Katie is kidnapped from the household garden. The constabulary are puzzled by her disappearance and the lawsuit instantly goes cold.

Eight years later, the Cannons find themselves settled successful Albuquerque, New Mexico, staying astatine the location of Larissa's spiritual mother, Carmen (Veronica Falcón). Charlie is present moving astatine a section TV presumption alternatively of moving astatine a imagination occupation helium was antecedently offered successful New York and with them are teenage Sebastian (Shylo Molina) and 8-year-old Maude (Billie Roy).

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Natalie Grace arsenic Katie Cannon successful New Line Cinema’s, Atomic Monster’s and Blumhouse's "Lee Cronin's The Mummy." A Warner Bros. Pictures Release. (Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)

Out of nowhere, Charlie receives a telephone from the U.S. Embassy successful Cairo. Authorities recovered Katie live and mysteriously recovered successful a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus and wrapped similar a mummy.

Charlie and Larissa instantly alert to conscionable Katie (now played by Natalie Grace) successful the hospital. Their girl appears to beryllium successful a grim, vegetative authorities with colorless skin, cracked teeth and nails arsenic heavy arsenic clay. They instrumentality her home, but it doesn't instrumentality agelong for her to violently enactment out. Meanwhile, Cairo Police Detective Dalia Zaki (May Calamawy), who was brought connected the lawsuit erstwhile Katie archetypal disappeared, attempts to question the information astir what happened to Katie.

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Jack Reynor arsenic Charlie Cannon and Natalie Grace arsenic Katie Cannon successful New Line Cinema’s, Atomic Monster’s and Blumhouse's "Lee Cronin's The Mummy." A Warner Bros. Pictures Release. (Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)

This "Mummy" is simply a departure from the 1 that we're utilized to. That's apt due to the fact that Universal has the rights to the long-standing depiction of the movie monster, which is wherefore "Lee Cronin's The Mummy" doesn't consciousness overmuch similar a "Mummy" movie astatine all. It really feels much similar an "Exorcist" movie, particularly with Natalie Grace's brilliantly twisted show arsenic the possessed Katie, rivaling Linda Blair successful the Oscar-winning classic.

The aforementioned Lee Cronin, who antecedently wrote and directed 2023's "Evil Dead Rise," brings his originative squad back, making "The Mummy" consciousness similar an hold of his fearfulness predecessor, from the striking compositions by cinematographer David Garbett to the melodramatic people from composer Stephen McKeon.

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Natalie Grace arsenic Katie Cannon successful New Line Cinema’s, Atomic Monster’s and Blumhouse's "Lee Cronin's The Mummy." A Warner Bros. Pictures Release. (Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)

The film, produced by genre dense hitters James Wan and Jason Blum, falls prey to what galore different fearfulness flicks trust on: gross visuals. Shock worth has often replaced genuine terror, and this "Mummy" is nary different. The carnal trauma post-mummy Katie poses connected herself and members of her household is rather gruesome, which seems to walk for fearfulness these days.

While Cronin's "Mummy" keeps viewers engaged contempt its lengthy runtime, it truly falls isolated successful the 3rd act. But Veronica Falcón deserves a shoutout, bringing comic alleviation arsenic the no-nonsense grandma, arsenic does young Billie Roy, who goes from adorable to malicious erstwhile nether Katie's control.

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Veronica Falcón arsenic Carmen successful New Line Cinema’s, Atomic Monster’s and Blumhouse's "Lee Cronin's The Mummy." A Warner Bros. Pictures Release. (Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)

The Verdict

"Lee Cronin's The Mummy" displays prime movie making successful an different reasonably forgettable mentation of a revered Hollywood monster. Horror fans whitethorn get their fix, but this is acold from a must-see.

★★½ — STREAM IT LATER

"Lee Cronin's The Mummy" is rated R for beardown disturbing convulsive content, gore, connection and little cause use. Running time: 2 hours, 13 minutes. In theaters now.

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