Movie Review
The Mummy
by Gary Johnson
Do mummies really scare anybody? It's a little difficult to get concerned about a shuffling bundle of bandages that moves at about one mile per hour. That's the central problem that Universal Pictures ran up against when creating this version of The Mummy. In Universal's previous incarnations of the story, as in the classic (but highly overrated) 1932 version with Boris Karloff, the mummy was moldy and crumbling, barely capable of holding itself together long enough to carry out its nefarious duty. Therefore, Universal has completely redesigned the creature (thanks to digital effects). Now, this ain't your granddad's mummy anymore. This new creature moves like a whirlwind and fights like Arnold Schwarzenegger.