The latest Trailer for The Mummy invites the audience to "witness the beginning of a dark universe." The filmmakers obviously have something different in mind that what we've seen from Marvel or DC and their cinematic universes. Indeed, we get to see Tom Cruise fighting off some kind of evil that threatens to take him over; a series of thumping action sequences, set in the air and in the water and in a forest and who knows where else; a tough-as-nails female lead in Annabelle Wallis; a possible ally in Russell Crowe who probably knows more than he's letting on; and an unlikely villain in Sofia Boutella, whose power lies less in her slight physical appearance and more in the powers that she possesses. That's a very potent combination that makes it a...
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