A trope in modern blockbusters is the idea that a large army of either robots, aliens, or other sci-fi/fantasy creatures is sent by the antagonist to destroy the home of the protagonist or the world. Big-budget franchises such as "Independence Day," "Star Wars," "Transformers," and "The Avengers" all come to mind here, and by the end of these movies the hero takes out the villain, which also somehow disables or destroys the enormous army headed their way. Well, "The Mummy" holds to this trope too, but when this franchise does it, it makes a little more sense.
The undead armies raised by Imhotep and the Dragon Emperor in their respective outings magically perish when the titular mummy is defeated, but there's a clear reason for that. Since the fate of their armies is tied supernaturally to their own resurrections, these armies only thrive if their masters do. In every "Mummy" outing, the mummy at hand uses their power to raise up their undead servants, whether it's the mummified priests they were buried with, the army of Anubis, or the Terracotta Army that was cursed by their own hubris. In the third one, there's even a good undead army!
These supernatural armies feel nearly unbeatable, but "if you cut the head off the snake," their armies will fall too. Though these undead warriors might feel cliché at this point, they tend to raise the stakes and make stopping the latest resurrected mummy paramount for humanity's survival.
