The Mummy’s Unused Opening Scene Created A Huge Villain Plot Hole

The 1999 version of The Mummy is a straightforward adventure movie that immediately sets the tone with its opening scene, but things would have been much different if the director hadn’t caught a huge plot hole. Set in 1926, the movie follows Brendan Fraser as the roguishly handsome Rick O’Connell, an adventurer who finds himself face to face against a powerful, supernatural evil after disturbing the tomb of a mummified high priest of ancient Egypt. The throwback adventure film was a hit for Universal, spawning a franchise and earning a reputation as one of the best Mummy movies ever made.