"The Mummy" is a 1999 American action-adventure horror film directed by Stephen Sommers. The movie tells the story of Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser), an American adventurer who, along with librarian Evelyn Carnahan (Rachel Weisz) and her brother Jonathan (John Hannah), discovers the tomb of the powerful Egyptian priest Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo). When Imhotep is accidentally resurrected, the group must stop him from reclaiming his lost power and terrorizing the modern world.