 Holy heck, we just got out of the Sydney premiere of the mummy. It is the first in the monster cinematic universe from universal The dark universe. Yes, the dark universe. The dark universe. How crazy is that? Crazy. They have it's own universal logo But it's called the dark universe. Yeah, I'm Ryan. I'm Dres. And this is a review for the mummy. Show me the mummy Every week so is it any good is giving you a chance to win an exclusive Funko Pop vinyl To get your hands on this awesome prize. Just subscribe to the channel and comment below with literally anything We will announce the winner in the next review So let's talk about the dark universe a shared cinematic universe of classic movie monsters While at least four more movie monster reboots have already been planned Universal has announced two new monsters to be added to the roster And the mummy is the first in the dark universe Which takes the studio's classic movie monsters that were popularized in black and white film and Reintroduces them for the new generation from there the shared universe will only expand with Bill Condon's brighter Frankenstein starring Javier Bardem as Frankenstein's monster slated to be released next Sometime after that Johnny Depp will debut as the invisible man The studio also has reboots planned for Van Helsing the wolf man and creature from the black lagoon With the current resurgence of the universal monster franchise coming to life in 2017 the big question that is looming for all of us 80s babies Will we get a revamped version of the monster squad? Will it be kids or adults taken on these horror icons in sort of a mashed up universe? Let's talk about the movie more the mummy stars Tom Cruise as Nick He basically is the internet Jones in the modern day He uncovers an ancient princess that's been locked away in a tomb accidentally and sets her upon the earth Reaking havoc killing people making zombies out of people sucking their body life out of them for good and making them no more It also stars Annabelle Wallace. It also stars Jake Johnson. It also stars Russell Crowe in a very memorable role for him Dr. Jekyll Dr. Jekyll very cool. Mr. Hyde or Mr. Hyde This is the beginning of the Universal monster movie series and it's and it's almost thrown at you in this film It's mentioned a lot when they don't directly mention as Universal monster movies But they tell you about monsters that have been happening around earth So there's been three trailers for this movie and not one of them has kind of made me interested in the film I kind of went in this film with very very low expectations I mean the trailer themselves we saw Tom Cruise audibly screaming a lot probably wanting running away from the camera as he does Did you see one of the trailers? I went in cold to this movie I wanted to experience Tom Cruise in the universal monster universe the mummy. I love horror I love monsters. Yeah, and this is a revamp of the mummy So straight off the bed You're probably gonna think this movie is an action film, but it's also a horror in some senses I mean, there's a lot of attempts at jump scares a lot of attempts at scares I got scared of one or two times But that's because our cinema was bloody loud like any kind of like if they dropped a pin in the cinema would've boom boom and Terrified the shit out of me, but I was incredible But yeah, what do you think was there much scares for you? No scares to me at all. Oh look at you your big muscle, man Oh, no, nothing can scare the old drafts. This was pretty good man. The sound was pretty good Scary probably not. No, you saw the zombie films, but was it incredible? Yeah, the CGI was pretty awesome. Yeah, well, that was what scared me the zombies kind of coming out of nowhere But that you know, that's another part of the film we don't want to go too much into spoiler territory Why can't we oh because we don't know why we won't Sophia Patella. She plays the mummy in this movie She is really powerful. She's a witch in some sort of senses But she's also incredibly attractive. I Wasn't gonna go there I was gonna say she has the power to suck life from people and they do that in pretty extraordinary ways I thought the CGI on these particular death instances Where she would suck the souls out of people's bodies was unbelievable It was incredible. She turned them into the undead the zombies. Yeah, and the noises the sound effects were incredible Yeah, I just couldn't get over it. What about Russell Crowe in this man He plays an English Dr. Jekyll Terrible English actor in this film That's not a ship on a Barbie. Come on mate. Let's have a baby, you know, he's like halfway through the movie He's Australian that he's English and then he kind of has an American accent with a fuckers Russell Crowe in this movie from But it's good old rusty. He's not really trying anymore is he's kind of giving up He's put on weight. He's smashed a lot of babies. Oh You know what for me? He's not really trying anymore I do believe him when he's when he's Dr. Jekyll and when he transformed into Mr. Hyde. Oh my god So what the hell was your favorite bit? When Russell Crowe transformed from Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde And the fight sequence after I will not spoil it, but it was Yeah, fair enough. I would agree with that. That was pretty cool What was your favorite? I really enjoyed the opening sequences of the movie set in Egypt With Sophie Battella and her storyline of where how she became the mummy or you know her which Person that she is in that film You know, I really enjoyed that. I really enjoyed seeing the ancient Egypt stuff. That was really cool It was very akin to the original mummy film that sequence But after that we didn't really see much of you know, the origin story is pretty cool, man Yeah, yeah, that's what I was and it showed a lot. Yeah as well. You got to see the entire back story of her Yep. So what was your worst bit about the movie then? I love Tom Cruise. I felt like he was overacting a little bit Okay, just a little bit some of the things when you're really looking at it the stumbling that his expressions the way he's interacting Maybe we do it too much, but I could see that he was just a little bit overacting But it doesn't take away from the film. Okay. My worst bit was the flashbacks There was a lot of flashbacks like he's so we're stuck with Tom Cruise He's having a conversation with Jenny and all of a sudden he's getting flashback into these different sequences that haven't happened to him yet But we're kind of learning about it just happens so often that it just takes you out of the film But then also the second worst bit was the damn women next to me texting on the phone halfway through the film You're a Sydney premier Tom fucking cruises in the cinema and you are texting Don't text should be against the law from big brother though. I know they weren't from anything They even if they are from big brother, they are from nothing They are nothing. They mean nothing to me. I mean nothing to anybody in this world. Fuck you But that was my worst bit outside of the the texting phenomenon So this is the first universal dark universe monster cinematic universe fucking hell. There's a lot of universes happening What do you think of the first film? Okay, starting off with the mummy I probably would have gone creature from the black lagoon. They've overdone Frankenstein werewolf and Dracula We're expecting a Brendan Fraser type movie, which it isn't it's Tom Cruise straight down the line Probably would have gone creature, but the mummy's pretty cool. I gotta admit like it works Yeah, okay creature mummy then werewolf Frankenstein and Dracula was Dracula's has been overdone with vampires Yeah, sure And they've tried Dracula Dracula and told was meant to be the first universal film But it didn't work out for them now. That's kaput. They tried with the wolf man also kaput I'm still hoping for it all leads into the monster squad because that would be a badass movie But overall Yeah, I mean it's cool and all but it didn't feel like it was the beginning of a cinematic universe Like there were little hints and drabs throughout obviously dr. Dr Jekyll and mr. Hyde and the mummy of course, but it didn't feel like a universe You know how like Marvel has their superheroes and it it feels like it feels like its own realm This kind of just felt like an average modern day telling of the mummy But yeah, it didn't have any you know oomph to it didn't have any grounding or I don't know for me Anyway, but there's a lot of action in this movie. There's a lot of suspense. There's a lot of horror There's a lot of gore. There's a lot to love here, but Is it a yes? Is it a no? So is it any good? What is your verdict? So is it any good? Yes, but no. Oh, yes, but no my first time I'm gonna say this I enjoyed it I will watch it again, but I will not race out the cinemas to see it or will I race out to get a blu-ray or dvd Was suspenseful there was horror. I love universal monsters Never ages why I Don't know I'm not gonna go into that But I think the best thing about this was getting to see Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe Fair enough in the fair enough movie was good. Yeah, I think it can lead on to a franchise I think they should have showed more. Yep. I am also gonna give it a yes Just because I think you should go check it out But do I think it's a great movie not at all. Do I think it's a good movie? It's almost a good movie. There's a little bit too much or not enough going on in the second act for me The first and third act are amazing. I wanted a little bit more out of the mummy in this film And we got a little bit too much maybe of Russell Crowe and Just give me more. I'll go see more of these movies. So keep making them universal That's a yes from me. It's a yes from you. Yeah. Yeah, I'm Ryan from soul is any good I'm drys and this is our review from the mummy and until next time. Hopefully we'll see you at the cinema