497e39180f In ancient China, the sorceress Zi Yuan curses the Emperor Qin for killing General Ming, Zi Yuan's secret lover and stabs her with a dagger. Centuries later, The O'Connells was tricked into awakening the emperor and must stop him before he awakens his army and rules brutally once again.
Choked in a life of luxuries and boredom, the married adventurers, Rick and Evelyn O'Connell, are having an early retirement in 1940s England, while at the same time, their son, Alex, inadvertently awakens the cursed Dragon Emperor's mummy during an archaeological expedition. However, when the British government entrusts the couple to escort back to China an inestimable historical artefact, the Eye of Shangri-La, the family will reunite once again, as the awakened emperor's army of slumbering terracotta warriors threatens to take the world by surprise. Is there any hope against the omnipotent shape-shifting foe?
Evie and Rick are trying &quot;retirement&quot; from their adventurous archaeological work, with a mixed bag of results, as their son Alex tries to forge ahead with his own career.<br/><br/>The premise of the movie was rather interesting, and it seemed like a fun idea to see the characters a decade later. Unfortunately, too much was changed in the process of filming. The first mistake is that it is not Rachel Weisz playing Evie – and she IS Evie. This is an entirely different character, without that passion for Egyptology and research as well as the ditsiness that made her so lovable. The wonderful chemistry between Rachel Weisz and Brendon Fraser does not exist with her replacement. If they are retiring from adventurous exploits, then why wouldn&#39;t she be a museum curator or lecturing on her field of study instead of writing romance novels? Since when would she be able to read ancient Chinese – she&#39;s an EGYPTOLOGIST. And where did the whole spy thing come from? Evie&#39;s brother Jonathan is finally doing something successfully. But there were a ridiculous amount of stupid lines that were supposed to be comedy. And why the Scottish accent? (I know the actor is Scottish, but the character is not!) We are also introduced to new supporting characters to get the job done. Unfortunately, they don&#39;t resonate with the charm and appeal that Bennie and Izzy did.<br/><br/>We are reintroduced to Alex, but instead of that quick and precocious young scholar we met and loved in &quot;The Mummy Returns&quot;, we meet an annoying, arrogant, cocky, somewhat whiney young man – not someone you really want to care about. The latest historical dig introduces us to a strong and touching new subplot with wonderful characters, but not until AFTER the dig. The subplot is great and actually is what makes the movie worth viewing. Someone needs to remind the director that action and special effects are supposed to ENHANCE the story, not BE the story. In short, the main plot and characters should have been thrown away, and a new movie should have been made from the subplot alone, with a completely new title, and more focus on the story.<br/><br/>Watch it for the great subplot and great performances from those characters. But if you are looking for that &quot;Mummy Magic&quot;, don&#39;t look here.
A true honest review? Some true honest advice? Don&#39;t waste your time on this, its terrible. <br/><br/>I am a true fan of the original. I like the way it was weaved together with interesting characters, hammy dialogue and breath taking action sequences not to mention a beautiful location and some great plot devices. Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weiz lit up the screen with his charisma and her likability factor. They made a good screen presence and carried the story along until its fantastic action packed finale. I also like the way the producers mixed up the scenes, to spoon out not only violent and eerie scenes involving the main villain himself but to water it down to family standards with John Hannah&#39;s comical brother. It was a film of epic proportions. A fun story, likable characters and good use of live action and cgi, for the most part. Then about 2 years later Universal ran out of idea&#39;s and so decided to return to the bandwagon to churn out another cash cow sequel. &#39;The Mummy Returns&#39; was released and whilst not as good as the original at least had the decency to be spectacular enough for the risibility. Fraser and Weiz returned (having made an offspring) and warbled, walloped and crashed through the bustling busy streets in a less than original screenplay but at least maintained their charm and kept the spark glowing from the first film. It was a likable sequel, and whilst no where near as good as its ancestor still managed to be entertaining.<br/><br/>So here we are folks. 2008 and yet again we are re-visiting a tired series. The next gruesome threesome to bring home to Hollywood is not only the worst of the Mummy films, but quite possibly the worst sequel of the year to date. Its so bad in fact that even Rachel Weiz turned it down, but its not surprising having listened to some of the laughably dire dialogue churned out here. I bet she took one look at the script and threw it in the trash can. The story goes something like this… Brendan Fraser (back as Rick O&#39;Connell) his wife Maria Bello (yes they replaced her with someone with half as much talent) her brother John Hannah (what is he doing in this?)and their son Luke Ford (who has now aged by about 20 years) are somehow prancing around in their ordinary lives (in the Far East?) but suddenly the son awakens an evil Mummy Emperor (because hey thats what your bound to do in a movie like this) who wants to use his army of the undead to take over the world and get revenge on the sorceress who put him to sleep so many years ago. The only people who can stop him are the O&#39;Connels who crash and bang through armies of stone beasts, supernatural winds and all sorts of other unoriginal menaces. Of course the showdown at the end will result in global domination or ultimate Savior. But by that time, you just wont care.<br/><br/>So.. why do I hate this one? when when one of the main stars from the original backs down and bails out and when the other looks bored throughout the whole darn thing you know you have a problem on your hands. And its sad because Brendan Fraser makes it blatantly obvious how unhappy he is reprising the role without Weiz by his side. He is never able to connect with Bello who tries to be chirpy but comes off looking rather ridiculous as the smart girl. And there we have another problem. Bello just cannot squeeze into Weiz&#39;s cleverly filled shoes. Its embarrassing to watch her warble on and you can really tell she felt uncomfortable trying to live up to the characters standards. The same can be said for Luke Ford, who makes a very unconvincing action hero-sidekick next to Fraser. Again they have no spark or connection what so ever. It feels like a cheap decision casting Ford because he never really brings any emotion, good or bad to the screen. The exception here is Jet Li, who whilst is not as menacing as Arnold Vosloo (the original mummy) still pulls off a good dark role. Its fresh seeing him portraying an evil character and it pays off when he is actually on screen. However his presence is short lived and at times feels like a guest appearance. And of course John Hannah who never disappoints and steals the show altogether with his one liners and witty charm. He almost makes this passable. Almost.<br/><br/>The movie deserves another good kick in, this time for its overly used CGI action sequences which feel cheap, tacky and unoriginal. Imagine a Roger Corman flick added into a Uwe Boll video game adaptation and your halfway there. The sets are nice to look at, but the CGI is really distracting and you can tell they did things all by computers. The character development is replaced with an endless array of pointless battle sequences. Pointless !<br/><br/>Its also really degrading seeing our much loved characters from the first movies spout lines of almost ridicule. Brendan Fraser cringes as he reads his lines (is he auditioning for the high school play?)and like I said Bello looks uncomfortable. Even Hannah looks bored and whilst trying to rescue this epic failure always looks like he wants to be doing better things. Like the ironing for example.<br/><br/>There is just so much to bash this movie about. Its an obvious cash in, but even fails at being entertaining. It doesn&#39;t live up to the first or even the second. It is boring, confusing and the characters are bland. The action is over the top and don&#39;t get me started on the screenplay. Its just an all round failure and should be buried in the Tomb of the title, never to be re-awakened.
Now why did I like this movie? It was just plain dumb fun, is why. It is absurd and preposterous, and proud of it.
Retired Egyptologists Rick (<a href="/name/nm0000409/">Brendan Fraser</a>) and Evelyn &quot;Evy&quot; (<a href="/name/nm0004742/">Maria Bello</a>) O&#39;Connell are asked by archeology professor Roger Wilson (<a href="/name/nm0129464/">David Calder</a>) to take the diamond &quot;Eye of Shangri-La&quot; back to China, where their archeologist son Alex (<a href="/name/nm1047329/">Luke Ford</a>) has unearthed the mummy of an ancient Chinese Emperor (<a href="/name/nm0001472/">Jet Li</a>) who was long ago cursed, along with his entire army, by the witch Zi Yuan (<a href="/name/nm0000706/">Michelle Yeoh</a>). While there, they meet up with Evy&#39;s brother Jonathan (<a href="/name/nm0001314/">John Hannah</a>), now the owner of a nightclub in Shanghai, and encounter the evil General Yang (<a href="/name/nm0938893/">Anthony Chau-Sang Wong</a>), who wants to resurrect the Emperor and his army. Aided by Zi&#39;s immortal daughter Lin (<a href="/name/nm1884816/">Isabella Leong</a>), three yetis, and an army of undead soldiers, the O&#39;Connells must prevent the Emperor from taking over the world. Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is the third movie in The Mummy series, preceded by <a href="/title/tt0120616/">The Mummy (1999)</a> (1999) and <a href="/title/tt0209163/">The Mummy Returns (2001)</a> (2001). The screenplay was co-written by American screenwriter Alfred Gough and British screenwriter Miles Millar. A novelization, also titled The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, written by American writer Max Allan Collins (who also novelized the first two movies), was released concurrently with the movie. The film was patterned in part on a real-life Qin Dynasty emperor Qin Shi Huang [260-210 BCE], known for unifying the Great Wall of China as it existed at the time and for his search for an elixir of immortality. He was buried in a mausoleum that also contained thousands of terracotta soldiers, horses, and chariots, collectively called the Terracotta Army. Rick and Alex follow the Emperor under the Great Wall. Alex attempts to stop him, but the Emperor knocks him unconscious against a wall. Rick tries to stab the Emperor with the magical dagger but gets knocked into a lit torch and drops the dagger, breaking it in half. Meanwhile, General Yang and his assistant Choi (<a href="/name/nm0579534/">Jessey Meng</a>) go after Lin and Evy. Lin manages to knock Yang into some moving gears which crush him and Choi. While Rick and the Emperor continue to fight each other, Alex comes to and notices the broken dagger lying in the sand. He picks up the tip, sneaks around behind the Emperor, and plunges the tip into his back. &quot;Divide and conquer,&quot; says Rick, who picks up the remaining piece of the dagger and plunges it through the Emperor&#39;s heart. As the Emperor explodes into flames, the Terracotta army disintegrates into dust and is blown away. The undead soldiers cheer their victory before they, too, are returned to dust. The O&#39;Connells and Lin return to Shanghai and celebrate their victory dancing at Imhotep&#39;s. In the final scene, Jonathan is shown getting into a taxi with the blue diamond. He announces his intention to move to Peru &quot;where there are no mummies.&quot; A postscript then appears stating: &quot;Soon after, mummies were found in Peru.&quot; The U.K.-based ES Magazine had an interview with <a href="/name/nm0001838/">Rachel Weisz</a> in the Nov. 16 issue. Her decision not to reprise Evelyn&#39;s role seems to be a part of being a mother and not being able to fit it into her schedule. She&#39;s quoted saying &quot;I would have had to go to China for three months and I just can&#39;t travel like that any more.&quot; However, according to sources close to the production of Mummy 3 (as reported by Eonline, Cinemablend and iesb.net) Rachel did not like the bad script and chose not to do the film. <a href="/name/nm0090222/">Freddie Boath</a> has been replaced by 26-year-old Australian actor Luke Ford. Ford will carry the torch for the franchise, if future films are made, as Brendan Fraser has now completed his three picture deal. In the previous films, Ardeth Bay was the guardian of Imhotep&#39;s tomb which was in Egypt. Imhotep is not in this film nor is the Egyptian setting, so Ardeth has no need to be a part of this scenario.
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