The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Widescreen)
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Actor: Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, John Hannah, Maria Bello, Michelle YeohBrand: Universal
Primary Contributor: Rob Cohen
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-12-16
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Widescreen)
Movie Review: Entertaining, but flawed.
Summary: 3 Stars
Well contrary to some peoples opinions, I quite liked it. Having recently watched a program on the first emperor Qin Shi Huang Di I can see where many of the plot lines on the Emperor come from and as a piece of escapist tosh it's OK. But it really isn't as good as it should have been:-
1.The new Evie hasn't got the deftness of touch that Rachel Weisz had and as a result the light hearted banter between her and Rick that was such fun in the first two movies and lifted them out of the ordinary just falls flat here. Whatever her acting abilities may be Maria Bello can't do Evelyn O'Connell.
2.Michel Yeoh and Jet Li are woefully underutilized.
3.Alex who was English in the second movie is suddenly very American, go figure.
4.The music in the first two movies was grandiose overblown almost in the tradition of Lawrence of Arabia, it added hugely to the ambiance. The soundtrack to Dragon King is just by the numbers, totally anonymous and adds nothing.
5.Transportation, the aircraft used is a Bristol Beaufighter, a two seat strike fighter noted for its cramped accommodation, chances of fitting six people and a yak in one without first passing them through a liquidizer is nil. Still I suppose it's an improvement on a jet propelled balloon.
6.The Dragon kings Dragon form looks rather too much like King Ghidorah from the Godzilla movies.
What's the moral of this, well I suppose when your script causes sufficient problems that one of the stars drops out and you can't get the proven Director on board, it really is time to pause and rethink. Ploughing ahead bull headed leaves you with a second rate product, an angry client?le and possibly a dead franchise. Maybe if some film execs could actually bring themselves to consider their own fallibility and leave a proven product in the hands of those that know how to do it properly we'd have fewer sucky sequels.
Summary of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Widescreen)
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 12/16/2008 Run time: 112 minutes Rating: Pg13The third film in the The Mummy series freshens the franchise up by setting the action in China. There, the discovery of an ancient emperor's elaborate tomb proves a feather in the cap of Alex O'Connell (Luke Ford), a young archaeologist and son of Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) and his wife Evelyn (Maria Bello, taking over the role from Rachel Weisz). Unfortunately, a curse that turned the emperor (Jet Li) and his army into terra cotta warriors buried for centuries is lifted, and the old guy prepares for world domination by seeking immortality at Shangri La. The O'Connells barely stay a step ahead of him (climbing through the Himalaya mountains with apparent ease), but the action inevitably leads to a showdown between two armies of mummies in a Chinese desert. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor has a lot to offer: a supporting cast that includes the elegant Michelle Yeoh, Russell Wong, and Liam Cunningham, the unexpected appearance of several Yeti, and a climactic battle sequence that is nightmarishly weird but compelling. On the downside, the charm so desperately sought in romantic relationships, as well as comic turns by John Hannah (as Evelyn's rascal brother), is not only absent but often annoying. Rarely have witty asides in the thick of battle been more unwelcome in a movie. Rob Cohen's direction is largely crisp if sometimes curious (a fight between Fraser and Jet Li keeps varying in speed for some reason), but his vision of Shangri La, in the Hollywood tradition, is certainly attractive. --Tom Keoghbr>
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