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Tom Cruise's The Mummy gets some grim reviews

The reboot of The Mummy starring Tom Cruise has received some scathing reviews from critics.

The film, which is released in the UK on 25 June, also stars Annabelle Wallis and Russell Crowe.

Writing in The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw said: "This has some nice moments but is basically a mess.

"The plot sags like an aeon-old decaying limb: a jumble of ideas and scenes from what look like different screenplay drafts."

'Monster fail'

Empire was slightly more kind, with Dan Jolin awarding the film three stars.

"It's running and jumping grin-flashing business as usual for Cruise, once more on safe character territory as an Ethan Hunt-esque action protagonist who couples up with a much younger woman, while another woman chases after him," he wrote.

"And if the next instalment-teasing conclusion is anything to go by, Cruise seemed to have enough fun making this that he may just return for more."

Geoffrey Macnab gave the film two stars in his review for The Independent.

"The stunts are by far the best element here," he said.

Whether it's planes being torn apart, Cruise and Wallis driving through the woods with the Mummy in pursuit or the very spectacular finale, the visual effects are first rate.

"Whenever the action stops, though, the film becomes derivative and empty headed."