Tom Cruise & ‘The Mummy’ Cast Premiere the Film in NYC!

It didn’t go so well.

On the red carpet for the world premiere of his movie Jack Reacher- Never Go Back, Tom Cruise gives WGNO News with a Twist features guy Wild Bill Wood a lesson in acting.

The latest Tom Cruise blockbuster The Mummy could see the star land his biggest ever global opening at the box office.

Cruise and Crowe have been mates for well over 20 years and they’ve never worked together until now.

“The Mummy” is far from flawless and in fact quite a mess at times, but it’s not without its appeal. It has to be said: This “Mummy” makes even the Brendan Fraser versions of the franchise seem like classics. Our movie begins in Iraq, where all Egyptian horror tales get there start. The Mummy presents a completely disjointed plot with random action and fantasy/horror sequences that make little sense to the viewer. However, many in Hollywood note that these flicks could make far more in the global market than they will in the USA, where we have more options at the theater and aren’t lured in by everything Tom Cruise does. Cruise comes into a possession of a map that leads to treasure.

Partly through the use of this chart, and partly from the effects of an Air Force raid Nick and Chris had to call in after they were besieged by enemy combatants, an ancient tomb has been uncovered. Wallis plays Jenny Halsey in The Mummy, an archaeologist who has a bit of a complicated past with Cruise’s character, and as such, when we first meet her in the movie, she strolls right up to him and slaps him across the face. For the longest time now, audiences have been subjected to the same role over and over again (the one of the cocksure hero bent upon saving the world). It is a fresh take on the story.

Amid much gnashing of teeth, there’s our unfortunate Mummy – poor, almost naked Sofia Boutella is forced to snarl and snap her way through a role that is more potent prop than character. There are similarities in the powers that we have seen before, but the curse is very much new. Never mind. He thereafter has weird visions of her all young and attractive again, as she attempts to control his mind and work her evil through him. What follows are some decent, effects-laden scenes of catastrophe – a wild plane crash, a auto chase, some underwater thrills and a few minutes of body slamming with both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The organization is pretty cool.

There’s a lot going on at any given moment, which can get overwhelming. Cruise does an excellent job with his fight scenes. The plane scene from the trailer is well done and so are most of the fight scenes.

Upon being unearthed, Ahmanet zeroes in on Cruise’s character and identifies him as her chosen one, which has something to do with immortality.

The Mummy opens up with the Universal intro, which rotates around to reveal “Dark Universe”, an amber-tinted logo over a black globe.

THE Mummy was released in Aussie cinemas today but according to critics, this one would have been better off left buried. More importantly, it’s good enough to stop the movie from sinking. The story is just OK. The film also suffers from characters don’t grow into people we care about and attempts at comic relief frequently fall flat.