Bounding between comedy-horror and the bygone romanticism of fantasy epics, Brendan Fraser (George of the Jungle) plays the dashing Rick O’Connell, alongside Rachel Weisz (The Lobster) as Evelyn, a coy librarian turned Egyptologist. After the formidable high priest mummy Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) is awakened, unleashing the Ten Plagues in his wake, the swashbuckling duo are tasked with saving the world.
An epic adventure-fantasy of ancient curses, amateur archaeology and a riot of early CGI effects, Stephen Sommers’ 1999 smash-hit The Mummy has solidified itself as one of the most enduringly beloved blockbusters of the 90s, with Brendan Fraser’s Indiana Jones channeling hero an icon of nostalgic cinema.