The Mummy is a blockbuster that tries to create a deeply engaging movie that tries to combine modern-day times with Egyptian mythology. The movie revolves around a soldier for the United States of America, Nick Morton. When Nick is not serving his country, he's trying to steal old artifacts so he can sell them to make a profit. After a slew of events, Nick and his friend go to a mysterious town, where they're definitely not supposed to be, and they attempt to find a valuable artifact but soon start to get shot at by attackers. Because they call in an airstrike to save their lives, they accidentally discover an ancient tomb that houses an Egyptian princess. However, this is odd. The archaeologist with them informs the soldiers that they need to check it out because they are thousands of miles away from Egypt, so the fact that the tomb is here is beyond unbelievable. Nick and company eventually check it out, not knowing what their about to deal with. Because Nick Morton doesn't really know what he's doing and isn't as careful or cautious as he should be, he soon accidentally releases a mummy from the tomb and the mummy becomes alive once again in the shape of a powerful entity. This mummy soon tries its best to release its evil into the world, and only Nick can stop her and fix his mistakes.

 Although The Mummy sounds like it should be an action-packed, intense, adventurous movie that should be sure to entice audiences, it really isn't and has none of those qualities. The entire movie is way too predictable, slightly confusing, and the actual plot of the movie is dumb because the majority of it doesn't make that much sense. Although it is fair to say that not all parts of a movie have to be completely logical, the fact that literally half of the entire plot has weird moments that make zero sense at all, since they go directly against what has happened in previous scenes, causes watchers to begin to question how characters actually act and think. Secondly, as the movie begins to try to explain how things work in this movie universe, things begin to get even more complicated. Viewers begin to have an even tougher time trying to follow along how exactly everything is occurring, because all it does is arouse more questions. It also fails to provide any sufficient explanations to how and why things can happen in the movie, which is naturally confusing. The conflict of the movie is unimpressive and the defeat of the mummy is lackluster at best, which is a huge shame, seeing as the mummy is meant to be such a fierce villain that it deserves to be the title of the movie. 
 The Mummy also fails to generate any worthwhile characters, and even the main protagonist of the film feels slightly one-dimensional. Although Tom Cruise attempts his best to add a little flavor and punch to the role, he isn't even able to transform an awful character into an awesome one. None of the other major characters are that appealing and really don't seem to add much to the film. When all of that's added with the fact that the antagonist in the movie is beyond just a little weak, the movie doesn't really have many high points. Although the movie tries to possess some creepy qualities, this isn't really made apparent, and the movie simply doesn't have any real spooks or scares.

 The Mummy does have some fairly vivid visual effects, but even the visuals aren't enough to aid the movie in becoming more fascinating, since the movie decides to not be a paranormal, science-fiction thriller or a horror flick. Instead, the movie decides to try to be a common action blockbuster, and the film doesn't even truly use its outstanding effects to the best of its abilities, causing the otherwise superb special effects to really not be given the chance to shine. 
 The Mummy isn't compelling in even the slightest bit, and the only reason worth watching this movie must be hidden somewhere within a mummy's tomb. Yeah, it's that bad. Even loyal Tom Cruise fans will admit that this movie is not interesting or well done in any sense. Rotten Tomatoes gave the movie a low 15%, and even that feels generous for a movie that is uninspiring and fails to accomplish much of anything. While the movie tries to be an amazing, exhilarating roller coaster-like adventure, it doesn't successfully execute any of these features. In fact, a horrible 73% of Google users liked the movie, which is actually a lot worse than it seems, because it is extremely common for even subpar movies to have at least 80% of Google users like the movie, justifying that both critics and viewers were able to agree in the movie's poor quality.

 The Mummy is a complete waste of time, a disaster, and absolutely not worth seeing. This is definitely one to miss.