Brendan Fraser's Fan-Favorite Horror Franchise Rises Again on Streaming Charts

Among the many movies in Common’s Monster franchise, director Stephen Sommers’ The Mummy franchise starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and John Hannah stands aside for the adore it will get. The motion journey drama with a superb ensemble turned a worldwide phenomenon again within the day. Now, simply in time for spooky season, the films have resurfaced on streaming.

Per FlixPatrol, The Mummy and The Mummy Returns are on Peacock’s prime 10 charts, at #1 and #4, respectively. The film stands tall amongst latest horror titles like M3GAN and Terrifier 3. The Mummy, launched in 1999, was an prompt hit amongst followers and created a world that was in contrast to some other. It additionally options memorable and charismatic characters in adventurer Rick O’Connell (Fraser), clumsy librarian Evelyn (Weisz), and her pick-pocket brother Jonathan (Hannah). Issues take a flip once they inadvertently get up an historical mummy, Imhotep, throughout a dig on the historical metropolis of Hamunaptra.

The movie is a pleasant watch, seamlessly mixing motion, comedy, and romantic tropes. It remodeled $418 million on the field workplace and has a 62% Rotten Tomatoes ranking with the viewers rating sitting at 75%. It has an illustrious solid together with Fraser as Rick O’Connell, Rachel Weisz as Evelyn, John Hannah as Jonathan Carnahan, and Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep. The film additionally options Kevin J. O’Connor as Beni Gabor and Jonathan Hyde as Dr. Allen Chamberlain, together with Oded Fehr, Erick Avari, Stephen Dunham, Corey Johnson, and Tuc Watkins.

What Is ‘The Mummy Returns’ About?

Set a number of years after the occasions of the primary film, The Mummy Returns sees a cult resurrecting the mummified physique of Imhotep to make use of his energy to trounce the Scorpion King and his supernatural military. Nonetheless, issues take a flip when Rick and Evelyn’s son Alex is caught within the crossfire. The film is pretty much as good as the unique, which is an amazing feat for a sequel.

The Mummy Returns made $435 million worldwide and obtained followers’ love in addition to critics’ appreciation, leading to a 46% Rotten Tomatoes rating from critics and 63% from the viewers. Together with Fraser, Weisz, Hannah, and Vosloo reprising their roles from the unique film, the sequel’s solid contains Patricia Velásquez returning in an expanded position as Anck-su-namun, Freddie Boath as Alex O’Connell, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as The Scorpion King. Sommers directs from his personal script.

The Mummy and The Mummy Returns are streaming on Peacock. Try the trailer above and keep tuned to Collider for extra such updates.

The Mummy

Launch Date

Might 7, 1999

Runtime

125 minutes

Prequel(s)

The Mummy Returns, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor