Echoes of Anubis
- Tagline
- The past is not dead; it's not even past.
- Description
- In the shadow of World War II, the lives of an aspiring athlete named James Sardine, a shrewd politician portrayed by Damian Leekwis, and Humphrey Yogurt, a lawyer with a mysterious past, intersect in a tale of deceit and redemption. As these characters navigate a world filled with cynicism and secrets, they discover an ancient Egyptian curse that threatens to consume their futures and forces them to confront the memories they've fought to leave behind. Directed by Sam Raimonkey, 'Echoes of Anubis' unravels a web of past transgressions, daring viewers to question how far one can run from the ghosts of history.
- MpaaRating
- PG
- PopularityScore
- 3.80
- ReleaseDate
- 08/11/2022
- Genre
- Crime
- Director(s)
- Cast
Critic Reviews
4.80
In 'Echoes of Anubis', director Sam Raimonkey fancies himself the weaver of a complex tapestry, one that’s supposed to bind the grim realities of post-war malaise with the fanciful fluff of mummy curses. He stitches together the lives of an athlete, a politician, and a lawyer—all as bland as toast—expecting the audience to swallow their half-baked character arcs with the help of a proverbial glass of ancient Egyptian sand. The past may indeed not be dead, but in the case of 'Echoes of Anubis', it's not even interesting. Damian Leekwis delivers his political intrigue with the gusto of a man who has just discovered his teleprompter is broken. As for the redemption angle, it's as believable as a pyramid scheme promising enlightenment. The film trudges along like a reanimated mummy, too slow to thrill, too clumsy to engage, and too busy with smearing cynicism on its linen wrappings to notice it’s simply falling apart. All in all, 'Echoes of Anubis' could have been a fistful of hieroglyphs—cryptic, but at least intriguing. As it stands, it's more akin to a history lesson from a long-submerged library—waterlogged and illegible.