The Mummy needs a burial

A thin script topped by weak performances makes this a forgettable film

Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy is an experience the mind buries quite swiftly. The much talked-about Tom Cruise-starrer marks the revival of the bandaged monster, a character last seen in a series of movies launched in the 1990s, and before that, played by Boris Karloff in a 1932 movie. But unlike those classic titles, the new age version lacks drama and depth.

The film pulls various stunts over its course of two hours, and checks many boxes that will ensure the crowds come — Cruise, Russell Crowe, Monsters, Action, Beautiful women. It unfolds in ancient Egypt, war-torn Iraq, and present-day London. What