Gird your guts, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is hardcore gore

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy lends a terrifying new twist to the tale (Picture: Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

If you’re thinking ‘I liked that old Brendan Fraser movie – can’t wait to see the reboot!’ Hold that thought. In fact, bury it, right now, six feet under.

This ‘Mummy’ is not a similarly jolly swashbuckling romp. Nor, thank goodness, is it the sequel to Tom Cruise’s 2017 outing – a CGI-laden snore so poor it killed off the entir...