Story
In The Mummy, Nick Morton (Tom Cruise) and his buddy Vale (Jake Johnson) are US soldiers who moonlight as treasure hunters. They come under fire in Iraq and, with unintentional military help, find the prison tomb of the evil Egyptian Princess Ahmanet (Sophia Boutella).
The Princess has been erased from history and hidden beneath the sands of Mesopotamia in the hope that she’ll never again be able to unleash her horror on humanity. With the help of English archaeologist Jenny Halsey (Annabelle Wallis), Nick and Vale try to take the Princess’s sarcophagus (stone coffin) to England. This unleashes a series of terrifying events.
Nick awakens in the London morgue to find that he is Ahmanet’s chosen one. She’s determined to use his body as the temple through which the god of the dead can take human form. Nick and Jenny, with the help of Dr Jekyll (Russell Crowe), try to find a way to break the curse and stop Ahmanet before she destroys the world. At the same time, they must battle Ahmanet’s ever-increasing army of the undead.
Themes
Death; resurrection; unnatural phenomena; the thirst for power; immortality
Violence
The Mummy has a lot of violence. For example:
Sexual references
The Mummy has some sexual references. For example:
- Vale is told to ‘Get a “ho”’.
- Jenny tells a colonel that she and Nick slept together and that it only lasted 15 seconds. Nick brings this up on a couple of occasions.
Alcohol, drugs and other substances
The Mummy shows some use of substances. For example:
- Nick and Jenny are in a bar, and Nick is drinking heavily.
- Dr Jekyll offers Nick a drink, and Nick downs it in one gulp.
- Dr Jekyll injects himself with a serum that helps prevent him from turning evil.
Product placement
There is no product placement in The Mummy.
Coarse language
There is some coarse language in The Mummy.
Ideas to discuss with your children
The main messages from this movie are that there is good in (almost) everyone, that love is stronger than hate and that, ultimately, good will conquer evil.
But the sustained suspense and violence in The Mummy, combined with its supernatural themes involving death, resurrection and unnatural phenomena, make this movie unsuitable for children under 15 years. If children over 15 years watch this movie, we recommend parental guidance for them.
Values in this movie that you could reinforce with your children include loyalty, selflessness, honesty and courage.
This movie could also give you the chance to talk with your children about the importance of respect for ancient customs and cultures of the past.