Welcome to Egypt, land of the Pharaohs. A place steeped in history and legend; Gods and spiritual guides; untold wealth – and the bone-cracking, blood-spilling guardians of its riches. Jack Wells has arrived in Egypt in search of the famous diamond known as The Codex Stone. His journey leads him to the tomb of the cursed King Neferu, cursed not by name but by nature. With his centuries-old slumber disturbed by timeless human greed, the King rises from the dead with a blood-lust that cannot be quenched and a raging fury that will shred flesh from bone, bringing terrible and tormented death to all who dare witness the Day of the Mummy.
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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Well, we all know it is a low budget movie. But still this one had it all, the lines, the suspense... the gore(almost real gore). It was not colossal like Arnold Vosloo movies, but it had the adventure thing, true dungeon feel. Danny Glover always gets the job done, even with low budget. Not the fancy all effects movies, but it was not boring. Also, there was good camera work, and if you want to have different movie, this one is good...
An Egyptologist wearing hi tech glasses goes on a hunt for a sacred jewel called the Codix Stone for a treasure collector.With a creepy opening what follows is a 10 minutes exposition opening from Carl played by the great Danny Glover and we're introduced to a contemporary middle aged womanising, The Mummy styled Rick O'Connell wannabe, miscast William McNamara as Jack Wells.As we have Wells' character point of view from the moment he puts on the glasses we also are subjected to his disembodied voice that sounds like the voice over you'd get in a video game, possibly comparable to Uncharted or Resident Evil. Persistent badly done POV interference and annoying on screen graphics hampers this inferior film to the similar themed The Pyramid from the outset. Glover's character asks around the 35 minute mark, "show me something exciting." Its as if he can read your mind as that's exactly what the viewer will be thinking. A POV shoot out, a colleague trapped limb, finding a dead explorer, irrespective of which one came first it lacks the atmosphere, sets or execution of the aforementioned. It feels Syfy channel/direct to video (DTV) (or direct to digital download these days if there's such phrase) it's not clear if the issue lay with the budget, director Johnny Tabor, the cast or writer Garry Charles' dialogue. After an uneventful hour or so we're finally treated to some good effects and fine mummy design but it's more or less everything that appears in the trailer. Brandon deSpain does a fine job as Neferu, the Mummy but his screen time is limited.Tabor offers some sunsets, nice desert and wasteland shots.The best thing is Glover's Carl witty quips (from Charles) as he appears like a FaceTime Skype call in the the bottom left of the screen pushing Jack on to finding the treasure. First person game fans my get a kick out of this but it'll leave Glover and film fans scratching their heads and emptying their shoes of sand.
This should have buried along with everyone involved.Even in the days of Black and White films they were miles better than this load of garbage.You have a so called hero wearing glasses with a built in camera that never moves no matter what he does ,up, down, sideways,the camera is always fixed. Danny Glover,You should be ashamed.. how much does he need the money.Can,t some of his friends lend him a few bucks or at least send him to a local food bank.,or soup kitchen.And please could i have my time back.Hang your heads in shame every one involved in this tripe.At least the next time i see something directed by Johnny Tabor or written by Garry Charles i will avoid like the plague..
It's not really a horror film but more of an adventure flick. It's reminiscent of the 80's action/adventure. Think (Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold) and and (King Solomone Mines). I have never been a fan of POV films and must admit this is one of the best ones I have seen because it's not shaky like the others. I would assume they spent all their budget on Danny Glover and in my opinion it would have been better without him. The writing is a tad weak and I did not know William McNamara was still acting but his voice carries along the film nice. The other actors are not too shabby considering this is probably the height of their work so far. The tomb they shot in looks amazing but I think the mummy could have been in it a little longer. The locations Venezuela (Egypt) look great on camera. If you watch it as a fun little flick and don't expect an award winning picture you'll enjoy it.