We love a deep dive into history and finding buried treasure. It’s just that, sometimes, the buried treasure comes with something a bit more malevolent alongside it. That’s exactly what happened to Brendan Fraser just before the turn of the Millennium, but despite his bad luck with his adventuring, he still managed to turn out a modern classic that audiences still love more than 25 years later. What’s better is that he did it with Rachel Weisz by his side, and they’re going to do it all over again.
The Mummy has officially found a new streaming home on Netflix, bringing Stephen Sommers‘ 1999 action-adventure blockbuster back to audiences as excitement builds around the franchise’s upcoming return. The film sees the dashing legionnaire Rick O’Connell (played by Fraser) and his weasel of a companion, Beni, stumble upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle in 1923, 3,000 years after Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death. Some years later, as O’Connell languishes in prison awaiting an almost certain execution, he finds that his knowledge of the exact location of Hamunaptra becomes a bargaining tool to save his life.
The legendary riches buried beneath the sands of Hamunaptra have become an obsession for both treasure hunters and archaeologists, and O’Connell finds himself in an unlikely alliance with the beautiful yet clumsy Egyptologist Evelyn (played by Weisz) and her cad brother, Jonathan (John Hannah). The trio leave Cairo for a journey that will take them down the Nile and beyond the realms of reality.
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Who Stars in ‘The Mummy’?
The main trio consists of Fraser (The Whale) as Rick O’Connell, Weisz (The Favourite) as Evelyn Carnahan, and John Hannah (Four Weddings and a Funeral) as Jonathan Carnahan. All three are returning for the upcoming fourth installment. They are joined in the original byArnold Vosloo (Blood Diamond) as Imhotep,Oded Fehr (Resident Evil) as Ardeth Bay,Kevin J. O’Connor(Van Helsing) as Beni Gabor andPatricia Velásquez(The Mummy Returns) as Anck-su-namun.
The Mummy was a gigantic box office hit, particularly for1999. It earned $155.4 million domestically and $260.5 million internationally for a worldwide total of$416 million, against a reported million production budget. The movie holds a63% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes alongside a75% audience score.
The Mummy is streaming on Netflix. The fourth film is currently in production.
