![]() The new version of The Mummy, directed by Alex Kurtzman, takes place primarily in the present day, excluding a couple of exposition-heavy flashbacks. Unfortunately, the 1999 film did a much better job of paying homage to Harrison Ford’s adventurer.ĭirector Stephen Sommers‘ take on The Mummy arguably made more sense in placing its hero, Rick O’Connell, as an Indiana Jones type the film takes place in 1926, roughly a decade before the first three Indiana Jones films. Tom Cruise may not be the first choice to play an Indiana Jones-esque explorer, but it’s hard not to make the connection, especially considering that this isn’t the first stab at a Mummy remake from Universal a 1999 version, starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, owed a great debt to the Indiana Jones series. The 2017 film may be a revival of the iconic horror movie character from Universal Pictures, but that question suggests something more in line with the Indiana Jones films, as does the fact that Cruise’s character is a treasure hunter at his core. ![]() ![]() “Where’s your sense of adventure?” is a question that Tom Cruise poses multiple times in The Mummy.
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