While Bride of Frankenstein might bring in characters from The Mummy (most likely Russell Crowe’s Jekyll/Hyde), there’s room for director Bill Condon to make his own monster movie, and perhaps audiences in the U.S. But those marks are so low and so brazenly mercenary that it doesn’t feel like much of an achievement. Unless the trailer is playing tricks on us, Cruise’s Nick Morton appears. It has been made with skill and hits its marks. Photograph: Universal Pictures Tom Cruise is a monster.
That being said, each of these movies will have to, in one way or another, stand on their own even if they’re part of a extended universe. Tom Cruise will definitely be back as Hunt, and we cannot wait to see what action sequences lie in store for us in the upcoming movie. The dark side Tom Cruise and Annabelle Wallis in The Mummy. He’s been one of the most reliable actors for a few decades now for a reason, and it’s possible that Cruise was the draw here rather than the Dark Universe property. Of course, that’s assuming other actors have Cruise’s star power. Hes Indiana Jones, Nathan Drake and (parts of) Jack Sparrow all. An ancient Egyptian princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension. It has been made with skill and hits its marks.
If international audiences are going to go for Cruise in a Mummy movie, it stands to reason they’ll go for Angelina Jolie in Bride of Frankenstein or Johnny Depp in The Invisible Man. Tom Cruise stars in this spectacular version of the legend that has fascinated cultures all over the world since the dawn of civilization: The Mummy.Thought safely entombed deep beneath the desert, an ancient princess (Sofia Boutella) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day. I think, at first, this movie tries to capture some of that with Tom Cruises character, Nick Morton, being a composite character. With Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe, Annabelle Wallis, Sofia Boutella. Photo: Photo Credit: Chiabella James/ 2017 Universal Studios. Even if Tom Cruise in a Mummy reboot wasn’t enough for domestic audiences, his worldwide appeal was enough to carry the film to a healthy box office return. Universal should be breathing a sigh of relief since the worldwide success of The Mummy basically support the studio’s strategy for Dark Universe, which is to rely on box office stars to help support these action movies.