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Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 33 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 85 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Alfred Gough
Miles Millar
Directed by: Rob Cohen
Release Date:
Theatrical: August 1, 2008
DVD: December 16, 2008
Running Time: 114 minutes, Color
Origin: Germany | Canada | USA
Language(s): English | Mandarin
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for adventure action and violence
Starring Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, John Hannah, Michelle Yeoh, Anthony Wong, Luke Ford, and Isabella Leong
Explorer Rick O'Connell is back to combat the resurrected Han Emperor in an epic that races from the catacombs of ancient China high into the frigid Himalayas. Rick is joined in this all-new adventure by son Alex, wife Evelyn and her brother, Jonathan. And this time, the O'Connells must stop a mummy awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service. (Universal Pictures)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Now why did I like this movie? It was just plain dumb fun, is why. It is absurd and preposterous, and proud of it.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
Dragon Emperor succeeds largely through sheer excess: It's doubtful that any idea was thrown out for being too implausible.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
Anyone in the market for an overblown and totally mindless adventure-comedy will certainly get his money's worth.
Read Full Review >Time Richard Corliss
This Mummy movie is really two movies: a good adventure epic, with all the Chinese people, and a wan one, with O'Connells and the other the Westerners.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
Still passable popcorn fare, even if you'll barely taste it before swallowing.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jennie Punter
It's kind of fun but the twists and turns are all too familiar.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
After an hour of inert exposition, a race through Shanghai gooses the movie alive. Then it plunges back into torpor.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
When I go to a Mummy movie, I don't want ninjas and yetis and men turned to stone. I want embalmed corpses and hieroglyphics. I want pharaoh. I want pyramids and sphinxes and Ace bandages. Did "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" take place on the Nile?
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
The movie bogs down in tiresome good guys vs. bad guys action cliches.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow
It's like an Indiana Jones movie without rhythm, wit or personality, just a desperate, headlong pace.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer
There is one bit of good news. For all you abominable snowman fans out there, "The Mummy" is filled with yetis. And, boy, are they ever angry.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Boredom is the very basis of this sequel, at least at the beginning.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Though the new film has some good things, it does not have enough of them to make the third time the charm.
Read Full Review >Empire Staff (Not credited)
Competent, but so utterly bereft of any memorable moments that it becomes a bit of a bore. Perhaps it's time for a reboot – guy wrapped in bandages, shuffling around a pyramid, scaring people. You never know, it might just work.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
Despite exotic locations, epic cinematography, and much spectacular crash and bang, this "Mummy" feels like a threadbare toss-off.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
Feels perfunctory and obligatory and, despite the return of several familiar characters, is more like an afterthought than an organic third piece of a trilogy puzzle.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
The film has one objective: to smack its audience in the face with fleeting, competing wows, over and over.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Vadim Rizov
Strange how dreary it all is, and how tired Fraser seems.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Felix Vasques Jr.
It's a damn shame when the dreaded third leg in the franchise feels like a pale imitation of an already pale imitator.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
Too much of the proceedings are silly rather than horrifying, with the nadir being the appearance of some particularly athletic Yetis who briefly pitch in to lend a hand.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
The kindest thing to be said for this frantic, cluttered mess of cheesy computer-generated action-adventure clichés is that at least you can see how the estimated $175 million budget was spent.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall
For a movie about the undead, this lacks any supernatural chills, and by the time its obligatory final showdown arrives, it seems as hollow as the terra cotta soldiers brought to life by CGI.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
The new Mummy is, how can I put it? Just freakin' awful.
Read Full Review >USA Today Mike Clark
Remarkably, the plot has much in common with "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," yet that bundle of fun has enough vision to make even its Barry Manilow interlude seem appropriate.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
As for Fraser, his clumsy humanity is endearing, but by now, assuming he has invested wisely, he should have enough money saved so as to not have to waste his talent anymore.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
Tomb is the kind of movie you sit through dreading the expository scenes, because the acting is so bad and the dialogue so pointedly written to make sure the little ones in the audience can keep up with the plot.
Read Full Review >Variety Todd McCarthy
Reheating the ingredients can't disguise how stale they are, as setpiece after setpiece strains to whip up excitement, only to fall flat while reminding of previous sequences that did such things ever so much better.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
The best news about this clangorous clunker is that it may well have vanquished the Mummy franchise.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
It's impossible to tell what's going on at any given moment in Tomb of the Dragon Emperor; it's even harder to care about being able to tell.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Little more than a cluttered, noisy, and unsatisfying thrill ride to nowhere.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 4.0 (out of 10) based on 85 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Keenan S gave it a7:
At first I was expecting the worst, especially after witnessing the travesty that was Indy 4, and the first twenty minutes bore the worst of my fears. But then, the film became entertaining, and good. This film is gleefully stupid and preposterous, and yet ridiculously fun to watch. I enjoyed this over-the-top film and it provided plenty of popcorn thrills and excitement even if the acting was B-movie at best and the script felt as if they made it up as they went along. Still, I had fun watching this film. It was the least of the trilogy, but it was still fun and at least I wasn't left pissed off like I was when I saw Indy 4. However, if you want the closest thing to a modern Indiana Jones, watch the Tomb Raider flicks they're pretty awesome.
Johnny gave it a10:
It's a shame the critics gave such negative reviews. It's an awesome thrill ride, a very good action movie.
kevin m gave it a4:
This latest entry in the series kind of became a parody of itself, which is too bad because I really love the first two.
Colin C gave it a5:
My least favorite of the three. A lot of spectacle, but the story and characters fall flat. It's the kind of movie that reminds you that no amount of spectacle can replace having a solid story with characters you actually care about. Is it too much to ask for both, Hollywood?
Andrew B gave it a7:
Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is definitely my least favorite of the series because it seems pointless as the first two said pretty much all that needed to be said. There's also the issue with Alex aging at an exponential rate. But, when you stop thinking about what's wrong with the film and just enjoy it for what it is, The Mummy 3 is still an enjoyable ride. Filled with plenty special effects, wit, and absurdities to keep you entertained the whole time.
Mark R gave it a0:
I didn't expect much from this, the third installment in The Mummy series. The second movie in the series I found similarly uninspired, but this far surpassed all of my expectations. Truly, a horrible horrible movie. When your high point in a movie is an unexplained run-in with asian yetis, and a truly uninspired scene of yeti football, you're doing something wrong. Worse is the budget, you'd think they could spend a little on writers this time around. I wouldn't wish this movie on anyone, truly a torture device of mediocrity and insipid idiocy.
Bob R. gave it a0:
One of the worst movies i have ever seen, i literally fell asleep watching it. A huge waste of time and money.
