The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
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Critic Consensus: With middling CG effects and a distinct lack of fun, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor finds the series past its prime.
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Movie Info
The Fast and the Furious director Rob Cohen continues the tale set into motion by director Stephen Sommers with this globe-trotting adventure that finds explorer Rick O'Connell and son attempting to thwart a resurrected emperor's (Jet Li) plan to enslave the entire human race. It's been 2,000 years since China's merciless Emperor Han and his formidable army were entombed in terra cotta clay by a double-dealing sorceress (Michelle Yeoh), but now, after centuries in suspended animation, an ancient … More
| Rating: | PG-13 (for adventure and violence) |
| Genre: | Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy |
| Directed By: | Rob Cohen, Simon Duggan |
| Written By: | Alfred Gough, Miles Millar |
| In Theaters: | Jul 24, 2008 Wide |
| On DVD: | Dec 16, 2008 |
| Box Office: | $101.6M |
| Runtime: |
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Cast
as Rick O'Connell
as Jonathan Carnahan
as Evelyn O'Connell
as Zi Yuan
as Emperor Han
as Ming Guo
as Alex O'Connell
as Lin
as Maguire
as Roger Wilson
as Choi
as Li Zhou
as Chu Wah
as General Yang
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Never trust a movie in which a character exclaims "here we go again", just as Brendan Fraser does 30 minutes into the third instalment of The Mummy franchise.
Pray that this is a franchise that's dead for good this time.
A movie series called The Mummy is naturally going to have a limited focus. Universal might have been better off focusing on the various adventures of Rick and Evelyn to give them a wider range of material. But they haven't, so mummies it is.
The makers of the wildly lucrative Mummy franchise are flogging a dead corpse ... the adventure that's been disinterred is more than a little whiffy.
It's a deafening, blinding department store Blu-ray demo reel that's spun wildly out of control...Tomb takes the franchise to a stunning new low."
I too wish this Mummy stayed dead and buried.
Audience Reviews for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Decent action, the wit of the first two movies is gone though and the chemistry between Brendan Fraser and Maria Bello was non existent.
Super Reviewer
"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" has the original cast together and it is in focus the entire time. There is not much else to say about this franchise killer, because the actors all seem to be foaming it in, the plot is too complex to be enjoyable, and the script is so dumb that I did not care about anything that was going on. While shorter than the first two films, it actually feels the longest. With so many bloated ideas plotted into this picture, there is not one interesting one to latch onto. Once Rick's son grows up, he kind of takes over the family business until his parents are dragged back into the Mummy world for one more ride. Like many "Last Time" films, it has run this franchise into the ground. There really are no redeeming qualities to this picture, which is sad. Ever since the beginning in 1999, these films have been going down hill. Recommendation: Just stay away.
Super Reviewer
Ultimately the absence of Rachel Weisz and the change in location and mythology are the biggest flaws in this film. Weisz was a major part of the first two films and by having her replaced by Maria Bello, the original character is lost and replaced with one that doesn't meet Weisz's performance. The fact that the story and mythology are set in China distances this installment very far away from the first two films due to the major change. This was one reason that I felt defeated the objective of having "The Mummy" title on this film. At the same time, Arnold Vosloo's Imhotep was "The Mummy" in the first two films and this time Jet Li's Dragon Emperor takes the role of the power hungry cursed creature. Again, this also made it irrelevant of having "The Mummy" title as it the location, mythology and villain have no links to the first two films. Another flaw was the obvious CGI effects which, even from within the first 7 minutes, can be very easily be told apart from physical and computer effects. However, the fact that Brendan Fraser and John Hannah reprise their roles didn't make this film a complete failure. Even though this film features some strong action moments, this highlight of the film was in fact one of the reasons that made me struggle to enjoy "The Mummy Returns"; they both focus too much on constant action and not the horror or characters to the extent that "The Mummy" did. Finally, the comical aspect of this film went too far as it attempted to be far more humorous than the other two. Again, this was one aspect which stopped me from full enjoying the first two films, and in fact stopped me from giving the first film the best score. Overall, this is obviously the weakest out of the trilogy. My advice, maybe watch it once and maybe act that only "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns" exist.
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Quotes
| Jonathan Carnahan: | I hate mummies! They never play fair! |
| Maguire: | I'd tell you to fasten your seatbelts, but I was too cheap to buy any! [laughs] |
| Rick O'Connell: | [laughs] Why am I laughing? |
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