Lee Cronin's The Mummy

Lee Cronin's The Mummy is a concept without a story. Its plot slowly reveals the premise viewers already know. Worse, there’s no drama because characters are hollow devices. This is a missed opportunity since its inciting incident should naturally generate interpersonal conflicts. Thus, the script is a conveyor belt of horror cliches strung together by an obvious mystery. Meanwhile, there's mediocre humor, blunt dialogue, excessive exposition, contrivances, and absent resolution. Though its performances bring passing intensity plus touches of vulnerability, just as much time is spent in dull indifference or clunky melodrama. Consequently, The Mummy is actively disengaging.

Technically, The Mummy's strengths are outweighed by its mediocrity. Nothing feels legitimate because its direction struggles tonally. The cinematography's split diopter shots, angles, framing, and depth are somewhat undercut by bland contrast. Losing all sense of momentum early on, its editing devolves into an outright bore. Genre elements, emphasis, subjective distortions, and risers enrich the soundscape (before a noisy climax). Its production design provides an adequate creature as well as slight globetrotting. The cast has no fame but decent representation. Its effects combine convincing prosthetics with glossy CGI. Despite sporadic promise, The Mummy is a clumsy drag.

Writing: 3/10

Direction: 4/10

Cinematography: 7/10

Acting: 7/10

Editing: 4/10

Sound: 8/10

Score/Soundtrack: 4/10

Production Design: 5/10

Casting: 4/10

Effects: 7/10

Overall Score: 5.3/10

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