A bumpy start to Universal's Dark Universe. The film is burdened by Tom Cruise whose star wattage undermines the film. The 'star' of the film should have been the Egyptian monster, but Cruise's Indiana Jones/Brendan Fraser knockoff overplays the comedy and takes up too much screen time. It's not his fault, the clunky script is at fault, tonally all over the place with heavy exposition.
I am interested to know how the film's progress. Hopefully they will actually be 'dark' - it isn't called the grey universe for goodness sake! A little bit of darkness, a few chills and a decent reason for the monsters to coexist is what is needed.
A coming of age film for a boy and a wolf. Great performances. Beautiful settings. Overlook the anachronisms because this is not meant to make the prehistoric into a history, this is to craft a intimate tale wrapped in an adventure. I give this film an 7.9 (great) out of 10. [Adventure]
