A group of greedy archeologists break into a cursed Egyptian
tomb with predictably disastrous results. Fifty years later, Samantha (Louise
Lombard), the granddaughter of the lead archeologist (Christopher Lee), finds his notes and sets
out to discover what really happened. She
brings back the sarcophagus of Talos back to London. People start to die.
Samantha discovers that thanks to a particular planetary alignment, the mummy has awoken
and is taking the organs of people reincarnated from him. With the help of a
cop (Jason Scott Lee) and some of the original archeology team, she sets out to
stop Talos.
Tale of the Mummy
takes one of the most iconic aspects of mummy movies, the bandages, and really
runs with it. For most of the film’s run, Talos exists as a flying mass of
bandages that chases its victims. Its a novel idea in a movie filled interesting
twists on the mummy movie. I really like concept of a monster preying on its own
reincarnations, one of which happens to be a dog. The movie is not wholly
successful thanks to some poor cgi and dull lead actors. Christopher Lee and Shelley Duvall make brief appearance
to liven things up, but it’s not enough to raise the movie above a direct-to-video
level of quality. The end is confusing, and the big reveal of Talos, in all his
glory, is a let down. Tale of the Mummy surprises enough to barely overcome its
faults.
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