The Mummy: Resurrection (2024), directed by Steve Lawson, offers a fresh yet budget-conscious take on the classic mummy trope. The film centers on Everett Randolph, a corrupt man who acquires a cursed Egyptian sarcophagus containing a mummified princess, Khenmetptah. Obsessed with the idea of resurrecting her, Everett collaborates with his cousin Archie, a medical student, to perform macabre experiments that unleash unforeseen evil.
The story is primarily dialogue-driven, resembling a stage play, with minimal action. The mummy herself is largely absent until near the film’s end, where her resurrection reveals sinister consequences for the characters involved. A surprising twist attributes much of the sarcophagus’s “curse” to psychotropic drugs, with true horrors emerging in the climactic moments
