Tom Cruise film The Mummy broadcasts on television channel kabel eins
On Tuesday, September 29, at 20:15, the television channel Kabel Eins broadcasts the 2017 fantasy action film The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise as adventurer Nick Morton. The high-profile blockbuster faced severe critical backlash upon its original theatrical release, landing a Golden Raspberry Award for Cruise and failing to launch Universal’s planned interconnected monster franchise.
Box Office Success vs. Critical Backlash
While audiences propelled The Mummy to a worldwide gross exceeding 400 million US dollars, critics strongly rejected the film. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes recorded roughly 15 percent positive reviews, while Metacritic assigned the feature a score of 34 out of 100 points. The negative critical reception culminated at the Golden Raspberry Awards, where Tom Cruise was named worst actor for his portrayal of Nick Morton. The production accumulated a total of seven additional Razzie nominations.
The financial stakes for the studio were immense, as The Mummy was intended to serve as the foundational cornerstone for Universal’s ambitious “Dark Universe.” This shared intellectual property project aimed to interconnect classic movie monster figures within a single cohesive cinematic continuity. Following the widespread critical failure and poor critical metrics of the opening installment, those long-term expansion plans stalled completely. Universal eventually abandoned the shared cinematic universe concept entirely, shifting its corporate strategy toward standalone monster features.
Plot and Cast of the 2017 Blockbuster
The narrative follows adventurer Nick Morton alongside his companion Chris Vail and archaeologist Jenny Halsey as they uncover an ancient subterranean tomb in Iraq. Inside the site rests the sarcophagus of Ahmanet, an ancient Egyptian princess who previously struck a pact with the god Seth and suffered live mummification as punishment. Recovering the sarcophagus inadvertently unleashes a supernatural threat, placing Nick directly at the center of Ahmanet’s dark ambitions.
The feature stars Tom Cruise alongside Sofia Boutella in the title role of Princess Ahmanet, Annabelle Wallis as Jenny Halsey, and Russell Crowe appearing as Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.