The Mummy 2017 has a lot of elements that work very well but is an oddly unengaging experience. As many critics have been quick to point out, it is designed as a Tom Cruise action vehicle - and he is very good here, given opportunity to extend beyond his typical action persona - but the story is thin (at times insultingly dumb) and the dialogue often weak, which sit uncomfortably with the overblown but very enjoyable set pieces. 3D is used well, the plane crash featured in trailers is excellent (and great fun augmented by 4DX) and there are some very dynamic fight sequences. The money is all up on the screen, but the film does not really use the central concept to give it its own identity, certainly lacking the fun romp elements of the Brendan Fraser era, and ends up being a typical efficient modern committee-created Studio blockbuster.
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