The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006) poster
2006 · action · adventure · fantasy · thriller

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

Directed by Russell Mulcahy2h 50m2006
ElsewhereIMDb4.33k
  • brisk
  • epic-stakes
Movie DNA

Neutral, kinetic, measured action / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

How every film is hand-scored →

Thousands of years ago, the great Child King Tutankhamen ruled. Few know the details of his life -- No one knows the secrets of his death. All that is about to change.Free -spirited archaeologist Danny Fremont (Casper Van Dien, Sleepy Hollow) is certain that if found, King Tut's Emerald Tablet would hold the power to control the world. Unfortunately, the only one who believes Fremont is his nemesis archaeologist Morgan Sinclair (Jonathan Hyde, Titanic), a member of a secret society who wants the tablet to harness unspeakable evil on the world and will stop at nothing to get it.

Our read · The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive action · adventure · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

Where the cast leads
Where to watch
Not on streaming here right now.Check JustWatch Check Letterboxd
More info & search links
Fingerprint

The shape of The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

Tonight, this looks like

What watching it is actually like.

You want cheesy Hallmark mummy adventure with action, curses and B-movie energy.

ends upliftingyou’ll be fine aftera rollercoastergrips by minute 20attention 2/5feels its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upjump scares

Skip it tonightSkip if you want polished effects or a complete satisfying story tonight.

If The Curse of King Tut's Tomb is your film
The Mummy (1999)
fun adventure horror with ancient curses
(unless you want higher production values)
National Treasure (2004)
light historical treasure quest and puzzles
(if you prefer darker horror tone)
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)
cheesy TV adventure with artifacts
(unless the length already exhausted you)
DNA · twelve axes

The reading.

Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
Your take
Rate it
star-clip-1-0star-clip-2-0star-clip-3-0star-clip-4-0star-clip-5-0
React
Discussion

Discussion

cmd enter to post

What does your Movie DNA look like?

Rate a few films you've seen. We map your taste across the same twelve axes and find the films you'll actually want to watch tonight.

Calibrate yourself