But he was in his element capering around Egypt with Fraser and the gang. Add into the mix Oded Fehr as the mysterious desert rider and clearly Universal Pictures had a hit on its hands.ĭirector Stephen Sommers hadn’t done a lot before he unleashed this blockbuster - his 1998 thriller Deep Rising threw a lot of sea monsters at its star, Treat Williams, and not much else, and mainly he had been busy with new adaptations of Disney flicks like Jungle Book. Fraser was at his most adorable and raffish, and he was ably supported by Rachel Weisz as the gorgeous Evelyn and John Hannah as her brother and sidekick. The first Mummy movie of the trilogy was undoubtedly a triumph. The Mummy - what images that conjures up - Boris Karloff staggering around wreathed in bandages, Brendan Fraser’s mighty thighs in action - well, sorry, Boris, Brendan gets the revisit.
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