Monday, March 23, 2009

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor joins movies like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as movies that are slightly enjoyable but should not have been made.

Brendan Fraser returns as the hero, Rick O' Connell who has retired from active duty (mummy hunting).

Jet Li stars as the Dragon Emperor. Wasn't he supposed to be done with films?

The story goes, Rick O'Connell's son is all grown up and following in his parent's footsteps. He's in China digging up dead people when he discovers the Dragon Emperor.

There are the token villains who want to bring the Emperor back to life and the O'Connells have to bring the crazy people back where they came from.

This third film has some special effects that we didn't see in the first two films. This mummy has some crazy abilities. He can turn into a three-headed dragon, some kind of monster cat and he can shoot fire from his hands.

The filmmakers tried to add "kiddie" humor in the story and it just made the dialogue worse.

So 2 stars for this dried up series.

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