Toruk Takes Flight
In 1127 A.D., several English crusader knights bury an Egyptian ruby within the tomb of one of their number. In present-day London, a construction crew discovers the tomb, and a mysterious man Dr. Hen…
Toruk Takes Flight
In 1127 A.D., several English crusader knights bury an Egyptian ruby within the tomb of one of their number. In present-day London, a construction crew discovers the tomb, and a mysterious man Dr. Henry Jekyll takes over the operation. He comes across one particular tomb with hieroglyphs, leading him to realize what this means. In a flashback to the New Kingdom era in Ancient Egypt, Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella) is first in line to succeed her father Menehptre (Selva Rasalingam) until his second wife gives birth to a son. Knowing that her place to rule has been taken and determined to claim the throne for herself, Ahmanet sells her soul to the Egyptian god Set, who agrees to help her if she uses a dagger (with a red ruby at its handle) to transfer Set's spirit into a human form. After killing her family, Ahmanet attempts to sacrifice her lover to Set but is captured by her father's priests and condemned to be mummified alive for eternity. Her sarcophagus is buried in Mesopotamia and submerged in a pool of mercury so that her monstrous form will not escape. In present-day Iraq, soldier-of-fortune Nick Morton (Tom Cruise) and his partner Chris Vail (Jake Johnson) are reconnaissance soldiers riding toward a village being overrun by insurgents. They go down there and get shot at. Vail orders an airstrike to take the insurgents out. As the bombs are dropped, a hole opens in the ground, nearly sucking Nick and Vail down there. They accidentally discover the tomb of Ahmanet after staging an airstrike on an insurgent stronghold. The guys' superior, Colonel Greenway (Courtney B. Vance), comes to the site in a helicopter and immediately berates the two for running off and doing their own thing, chasing insurgents. Moments later, an archaeologist named Jenny Halsey (Annabelle Wallis) shows up and smacks Nick for stealing a map from her after they shared a night together. Jenny Halsey investigates the tomb, correctly concluding that it is a prison. Jenny notes that there are watcher statues facing inward instead of outward, and there are chains holding the sarcophagus down while submerged in mercury to weaken evil spirits. Nick shoots a chain, causing the sarcophagus to rise from its holdings. He then sees a vision of Ahmanet calling to him, thanking him for freeing her. A bunch of camel spiders begin crawling down from the walls. Vail shoots at them but he gets bitten in the neck. After extracting Ahmanet's sarcophagus from a pool of mercury, Nick's superior, Colonel Greenway (Courtney B. Vance), places the sarcophagus on a transport plane headed to England. During the flight, Vail becomes possessed by Ahmanet's power after being bitten by a camel spider while inside the tomb. After attempting to open the sarcophagus, he stabs Greenway and tries to attack the group, forcing Nick to shoot him dead. A huge murder of crows then assaults the plane, causing it to crash and kill everyone on board except for Jenny, who is parachuted off the plane by Nick. Nick awakens a day later in a morgue in Oxford and learns from Vail's ghost that he has been cursed by Ahmanet, who seeks to use him as a replacement vessel for Set (Javier Botet) the ancient Egyptian god of deserts, storms, darkness, and violence, who aids Princess Ahmanet in her quest to rule Egypt. Set has a connection with Nick, as the latter is intended to be the human vessel for Set's resurrection. Jenny is asked to identify the bodies of the deceased but is surprised to see Nick alive. She tells Nick what she learned from reading the hieroglyphs on the sarcophagus. She knows about Set's dagger and the jewel that must join it to complete the ritual. Jenny tells Nick about the jewel being buried with the crusaders there in London. Ahmanet's mummy escapes from the sarcophagus and begins feeding on rescue workers to regenerate her decomposed body. Nick and Jenny go to the crusaders' tombs and they uncover the jewel from the crusader's coffin. Turning the workers into zombie minions, she lures Nick and Jenny into a trap, forcing the two to fight off the minions as they unsuccessfully try to escape. Ahmanet also recovers the blade of the Dagger of Set from a reliquary in a nearby church. She attempts to stab Nick before realizing that the ruby is not attached to it. She and her army chase after Nick and Jenny. At the last second, unknown soldiers appear and subdue Ahmanet. Their leader, Dr. Henry Jekyll (Russell Crowe), explains that Jenny is an agent of Prodigium, a secret society dedicated to hunting supernatural threats. He confirms that Nick was cursed when he unlocked Ahmanet's tomb and reveals his intention to complete her ritual and allow Set to possess Nick in order to destroy Set and end his evil forever. Ahmanet is chained up and is subdued with mercury being pumped through her body. Nick approaches her and listens to her talking about the ritual she attempted to perform on her lover. She tries to sway Nick by saying he would have complete control over death and become a living god if he joined her. Meanwhile, Ahmanet summons a scarab beetle to possess a Prodigium technician and frees herself from captivity, wreaking havoc, death, and destruction in the process. Ahmanet is loose and she takes the dagger and the jewel. Jekyll is also seen to be succumbing to his own dark impulses and transforms into Edward Hyde, his murderous and psychotic alternate personality while Ahmanet wreaks havoc outside unknown to them. And when Nick rebuffs Hyde's offer of an alliance between them, Hyde attacks him. Nick manages to stop him with the serum Jekyll uses to suppress his evil side. He and Jenny then escape from Prodigium. Ahmanet summons an army of deceased English crusaders to serve her, and creates a massive sandstorm that ravages London. The Undead knights slaughter the Prodigium soldiers in the tomb, allowing Ahmanet to recover the ruby and set it in the dagger's pommel, granting her all she needs to free Set. Guided by Vail, Nick and Jenny flee into the London Underground tunnels but are attacked by Ahmanet's minions. Ahmanet captures Jenny and drowns her, hoping to break her hold over Nick. Ahmanet captures Jenny and snaps her neck. When Nick is brought to Ahmanet, he sees Jenny's body, and the zombies turn to dust. Nick is injured when he tries to attack Ahmanet and lets her embrace him as a ruse to steal the dagger and shatter the ruby. He strikes the pommel of the dagger against the floor, cracking the ruby, but Ahmanet reminds him that the dagger could grant him the power to reverse death. Instead of destroying the gem, he stabs himself, and his body is possessed by Set. Set proceeds to join Ahmanet to uphold his end of the bargain until he sees Jenny's dead body, at which point Nick regains control and uses Set's powers to overpower and suck the life out of Ahmanet, turning her back into a shriveled mummy. Nick harnesses Set's powers to resurrect Jenny, saying goodbye before becoming overwhelmed by Set's power and disappearing. Soon, Jenny regroups with Dr. Jekyll, and they discuss whether Nick, now fused with Set, will be good or evil. Ahmanet's corpse is lowered into a locked pool of mercury within the Prodigium base for safekeeping. Later on in the desert, Nick resurrects Vail, and the two set out on an adventure.
Toruk Takes Flight
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In 1127 A.D., several English crusader knights bury an Egyptian ruby within the tomb of one of their number. In present-day London, a construction crew discovers the tomb, and a mysterious man Dr. Henry Jekyll takes over the operation.
He comes across one particular tomb with hieroglyphs, leading him to realize what this means. In a flashback to the New Kingdom era in Ancient Egypt, Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella) is first in line to succeed her father Menehptre (Selva Rasalingam) until his second wife gives birth to a son. Knowing that her place to rule has been taken and determined to claim the throne for herself, Ahmanet sells her soul to the Egyptian god Set, who agrees to help her if she uses a dagger (with a red ruby at its handle) to transfer Set's spirit into a human form.
After killing her family, Ahmanet attempts to sacrifice her lover to Set but is captured by her father's priests and condemned to be mummified alive for eternity. Her sarcophagus is buried in Mesopotamia and submerged in a pool of mercury so that her monstrous form will not escape. In present-day Iraq, soldier-of-fortune Nick Morton (Tom Cruise) and his partner Chris Vail (Jake Johnson) are reconnaissance soldiers riding toward a village being overrun by insurgents.
They go down there and get shot at. Vail orders an airstrike to take the insurgents out. As the bombs are dropped, a hole opens in the ground, nearly sucking Nick and Vail down there.
They accidentally discover the tomb of Ahmanet after staging an airstrike on an insurgent stronghold. The guys' superior, Colonel Greenway (Courtney B. Vance), comes to the site in a helicopter and immediately berates the two for running off and doing their own thing, chasing insurgents.
Moments later, an archaeologist named Jenny Halsey (Annabelle Wallis) shows up and smacks Nick for stealing a map from her after they shared a night together. Jenny Halsey investigates the tomb, correctly concluding that it is a prison. Jenny notes that there are watcher statues facing inward instead of outward, and there are chains holding the sarcophagus down while submerged in mercury to weaken evil spirits.
Nick shoots a chain, causing the sarcophagus to rise from its holdings. He then sees a vision of Ahmanet calling to him, thanking him for freeing her. A bunch of camel spiders begin crawling down from the walls.
Vail shoots at them but he gets bitten in the neck. After extracting Ahmanet's sarcophagus from a pool of mercury, Nick's superior, Colonel Greenway (Courtney B. Vance), places the sarcophagus on a transport plane headed to England.
During the flight, Vail becomes possessed by Ahmanet's power after being bitten by a camel spider while inside the tomb. After attempting to open the sarcophagus, he stabs Greenway and tries to attack the group, forcing Nick to shoot him dead. A huge murder of crows then assaults the plane, causing it to crash and kill everyone on board except for Jenny, who is parachuted off the plane by Nick.
Nick awakens a day later in a morgue in Oxford and learns from Vail's ghost that he has been cursed by Ahmanet, who seeks to use him as a replacement vessel for Set (Javier Botet) the ancient Egyptian god of deserts, storms, darkness, and violence, who aids Princess Ahmanet in her quest to rule Egypt. Set has a connection with Nick, as the latter is intended to be the human vessel for Set's resurrection. Jenny is asked to identify the bodies of the deceased but is surprised to see Nick alive.
She tells Nick what she learned from reading the hieroglyphs on the sarcophagus. She knows about Set's dagger and the jewel that must join it to complete the ritual. Jenny tells Nick about the jewel being buried with the crusaders there in London.
Ahmanet's mummy escapes from the sarcophagus and begins feeding on rescue workers to regenerate her decomposed body. Nick and Jenny go to the crusaders' tombs and they uncover the jewel from the crusader's coffin. Turning the workers into zombie minions, she lures Nick and Jenny into a trap, forcing the two to fight off the minions as they unsuccessfully try to escape.
Ahmanet also recovers the blade of the Dagger of Set from a reliquary in a nearby church. She attempts to stab Nick before realizing that the ruby is not attached to it. She and her army chase after Nick and Jenny.
At the last second, unknown soldiers appear and subdue Ahmanet. Their leader, Dr. Henry Jekyll (Russell Crowe), explains that Jenny is an agent of Prodigium, a secret society dedicated to hunting supernatural threats.
He confirms that Nick was cursed when he unlocked Ahmanet's tomb and reveals his intention to complete her ritual and allow Set to possess Nick in order to destroy Set and end his evil forever. Ahmanet is chained up and is subdued with mercury being pumped through her body. Nick approaches her and listens to her talking about the ritual she attempted to perform on her lover.
She tries to sway Nick by saying he would have complete control over death and become a living god if he joined her. Meanwhile, Ahmanet summons a scarab beetle to possess a Prodigium technician and frees herself from captivity, wreaking havoc, death, and destruction in the process. Ahmanet is loose and she takes the dagger and the jewel.
Jekyll is also seen to be succumbing to his own dark impulses and transforms into Edward Hyde, his murderous and psychotic alternate personality while Ahmanet wreaks havoc outside unknown to them. And when Nick rebuffs Hyde's offer of an alliance between them, Hyde attacks him. Nick manages to stop him with the serum Jekyll uses to suppress his evil side.
He and Jenny then escape from Prodigium. Ahmanet summons an army of deceased English crusaders to serve her, and creates a massive sandstorm that ravages London. The Undead knights slaughter the Prodigium soldiers in the tomb, allowing Ahmanet to recover the ruby and set it in the dagger's pommel, granting her all she needs to free Set.
Guided by Vail, Nick and Jenny flee into the London Underground tunnels but are attacked by Ahmanet's minions. Ahmanet captures Jenny and drowns her, hoping to break her hold over Nick. Ahmanet captures Jenny and snaps her neck.
When Nick is brought to Ahmanet, he sees Jenny's body, and the zombies turn to dust. Nick is injured when he tries to attack Ahmanet and lets her embrace him as a ruse to steal the dagger and shatter the ruby. He strikes the pommel of the dagger against the floor, cracking the ruby, but Ahmanet reminds him that the dagger could grant him the power to reverse death.
Instead of destroying the gem, he stabs himself, and his body is possessed by Set. Set proceeds to join Ahmanet to uphold his end of the bargain until he sees Jenny's dead body, at which point Nick regains control and uses Set's powers to overpower and suck the life out of Ahmanet, turning her back into a shriveled mummy. Nick harnesses Set's powers to resurrect Jenny, saying goodbye before becoming overwhelmed by Set's power and disappearing.
Soon, Jenny regroups with Dr. Jekyll, and they discuss whether Nick, now fused with Set, will be good or evil. Ahmanet's corpse is lowered into a locked pool of mercury within the Prodigium base for safekeeping.
Later on in the desert, Nick resurrects Vail, and the two set out on an adventure..