plagued with flaws - **

The Mummy is a reboot of the Mummy franchise that started in 1999 with the movie of the same title. then followed by two others, The Mummy returns and Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.  A fourth film was cancelled.  This new film is the first of a series that will feature other monster characters like Frankenstein, Wolfman and Dracula.  (see Dark Universe)

Princes Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella), in ancient Egypt, wanted to grab the power from her brother, killed her family and made a deal with the evil god Set.   In exchange for power, the deal will allow Set to exist in corporeal form thru a human sacrifice.  But before she was able to kill her lover as the sacrifice, she was captured and was buried alive in Mesopotamia, now Iraq.  Her tomb was later discovered by Nick Morton (Tom Cruise) inadvertently freeing Princess Ahmanet and making him the new choice to be the human sacrifice to complete the promise of Set.

The character Nick Morton showed a lot of promise because of all the conflicts and the ironies that befall him.  He has done many mistakes in the past and is almost at the brink of change.  A grave situation is thrown at him and he had to make some big choices; to live or die, to be good or evil.  His character is conflicted and eventually became the unknowing and reluctant hero.  I like the character's potential and I was certainly interested in how his story will go.

Unfortunately this was not portrayed well by Tom Cruise.  It is a question of who will adjust, will the actor adjust to his character or the other way around.  But being the big Hollywood actor as he is the character was suited to fit his old Hollywood iconic image.  This movie lends itself to a lot of cliches that make the narrative almost incoherent.  It tries to please the audience by giving them what they think they want sacrificing the integrity of its characters.  And just a little short of becoming a campy zombie film.