Roger Ebert’s review noted the film reduces its female characters to archetypes: “One is corrupt … ancient Egyptian royal Ahmanet … the incarnation of all evil,” while the other, Jenny Halsey, serves primarily as a love interest. Rolling Stone called it a “monster fail,” criticizing the jumbled editing and Cruise’s unlikable character.
The 2017 version of The Mummy , starring Tom Cruise as Nick Morton and Sofia Boutella as the ancient Princess Ahmanet, was designed as a visual spectacle. Unlike the adventure-comedy tone of the Brendan Fraser era, this version leans into "Dark Universe" action and supernatural horror.
Once freed, Ahmanet unleashes a wave of supernatural terror that sweeps from the Middle East to London. Nick soon finds himself at the center of a secret organization known as Prodigium, led by Dr. Henry Jekyll (Russell Crowe), whose mission is to track and contain monsters.