This summer also comes in the home video with Arv Italia and Warner Bros (as well as HBO Max) The Mummia by Lee Cronin, the bold and obscure reinterpretation signed by the Irish screenwriter and director of one of the most iconic horror sagas ever, offered in DVD, Blu‐Ray, 4K Ultra HD (+ Blu‐Ray) and, in this latest format, also in a prestigious Ultra Steel.
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Charlie Cannon, an American news channel journalist, is in Egypt for work with his wife Larissa and his sons Katie and Sebastian. During her stay, her daughter Katie is approached by a mysterious woman who, at a time of distraction of her father, kidnapped her.
Eight years later, when the family is still devastated by the pain for the child’s disappearance, a shocking news comes: Katie was found alive in a sarcophagus. Unrecognizable in appearance and behavior, it is reunited in the family, but soon strange accidents happen and what should have been a joyful reunion quickly turns into a nightmare with open eyes.
The film sees acting in the cast Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace and Veronica Falcón.
An adaptation that tries to do something different than the past. After the cult of ’32 with Boris Karloff, after the adventure film of the 1990s with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz and after the flop with Tom Cruise of the 2000s that had to create a shared universe, it is up to Lee Cronin to say his. He does so with knowledge of the film medium and the camera, however, admiring a little too much: he mentions some illustrious precedents such as Universal Monsters and the most recent remake in the aesthetics of the mummy, at the same time omaggia classics of the genre like The Exorcist and The Conjuring, but the result is a strange hybrid.
Substantially he speaks metaphorically of a family destroyed by a traumatic event such as the disappearance/loss of a child, which ends up making war internally; this makes the new mummy to people, modernizing and universalizing.
La Mummia di Lee Cronin: l’edizione home video
Blu-Ray and 4K Ultra HD (+ Blu-Ray) versions complete a series of special content, including commentary on the film director, behind the scenes of the film, unreleased features and some deleted scenes.
The audio/video quality of the 4K edition highlights technical work on scenes, costumes and special effects as well as rich extra content in discs. Too bad Italian subtitles do not go automatically, making the edition less and less localized. The black plastic amaray symbolizes the constant color of the film, along with the ocher of the sand of Ancient Egypt.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K UHD (+ Blu-Ray)
Languages 4K UHD: Dolby Digital: Italian 5.1, Spanish 5.1, French 5.1, German 5.1. Dolby Atmos-TrueHD: English
Subtitles 4K UHD: Spanish, French, Italian SDH, English SDH, German SDH.
4K UHD screen format: 2.4:1
Languages BD: Dolby Digital: Italian 5.1, Spanish 5.1, French 5.1, German 5.1. Dolby Atmos-TrueHD: English.
Subtitles BD: Spanish, French, Italian SDH, English SDH, German SDH.
BD Screen Size: 2.4:1
Languages DVD: Dolby Digital: Italian 5.1, English 5.1, French 5.1, German 5.1.
DVD subtitles: French, Italian SDH, English SDH, German SDH.
DVD screen format: 2.40.1
SPECIAL CONTENTS:
Commento al Film del Regista Lee Cronin
The Making of Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
A Bloody and Grotesque Spectacle
Producing Possession and Ancient Demons
Scene Eliminate
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