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Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The

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Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The reviews
31
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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)

What The Critics Said

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75

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.

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67

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.

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58

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

Anyone in the market for an overblown and totally mindless adventure-comedy will certainly get his money's worth.

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50

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.

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50

TV Guide Ken Fox

Still passable popcorn fare, even if you'll barely taste it before swallowing.

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50

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jennie Punter

It's kind of fun but the twists and turns are all too familiar.

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50

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

After an hour of inert exposition, a race through Shanghai gooses the movie alive. Then it plunges back into torpor.

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50

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?

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50

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

The movie bogs down in tiresome good guys vs. bad guys action cliches.

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42

Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow

It's like an Indiana Jones movie without rhythm, wit or personality, just a desperate, headlong pace.

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42

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.

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40

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

Boredom is the very basis of this sequel, at least at the beginning.

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40

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.

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40

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.

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38

Boston Globe Ty Burr

Despite exotic locations, epic cinematography, and much spectacular crash and bang, this "Mummy" feels like a threadbare toss-off.

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38

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.

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38

Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

The film has one objective: to smack its audience in the face with fleeting, competing wows, over and over.

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33

Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell

Shrill, unfunny third installment.

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30

Village Voice Vadim Rizov

Strange how dreary it all is, and how tired Fraser seems.

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30

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.

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30

Washington Post Jane Horwitz

Tiresome and messy.

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30

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.

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30

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.

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30

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.

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25

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

The new Mummy is, how can I put it? Just freakin' awful.

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25

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.

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25

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.

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25

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

I'm afraid it just stinks.

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25

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.

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20

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.

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20

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

The best news about this clangorous clunker is that it may well have vanquished the Mummy franchise.

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20

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.

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11

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Little more than a cluttered, noisy, and unsatisfying thrill ride to nowhere.

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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.

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