Masterful Movie

What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

This was not expected of the sequel. The storyline was random and undefined while the fight did not seem impressive. The Mummy did not cast an impact. It rather seemed a poor story with average performance. Not convincing.

In the Far East, Alex O'Connell, the son of famed mummy fighters Rick and Evy O'Connell, unearths the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin -- a shape-shifting entity cursed by a witch centuries ago. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is the only Mummy film that i haven't watched since the time that it was actually released which is 2008 now 9 years later i can tell you that this movie has aged better in my opinion sure it's over the top and all that but it's still a fun action film with Brendan Fraser and Jet Li steal the show for the most part, speaking of Li i loved his look as the Mummy it was something different, cool looking and above all badass. Rachel Weisz not returning as Evelyn did bug me but Maria Bello is a great actress as well and she does try her best with the material that she was given, the action is indeed a bit more over the top than the previous 2 films with many strange creatures and battles happening, the movie is also a bit way to fast paced and i would have liked a bit more if it explained some stuff and just like with The Mummy and The Mummy Returns the cgi at times are a bit lackluster. In the end The Mummy 3 is a much better sequel that it gets credit for it has Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell for one last time and it continues and also updates the mythology of the Mummy Trilogy and let's all admit it it's far better than Tom Cruise's crappy remake. (8.5/10)

In ancient China the warlord Qin Shi Huang conquered the surrounding kingdoms, learnt magical powers and was declared emperor; that wasn't enough though… he wanted immortality. To this end he summons Zi Yuan, a sorceress, who has the power to make him immortal. She casts a spell then he kills his friend and closest ally, who is also Zi Yuan's lover. It then turns out she has cursed him and his army; he burns while his army turns to terracotta.In 1946 Alex O'Connell, the son of Rick and Evelyn, the protagonists in the original two film, is searching for Qin Shi Huang's tomb. He finds in and, after surviving a number of traps, excavates it. Its contents are then taken to Shanghai. In an apparent coincidence Rick and Evelyn have been asked to transport the 'Eye of Shangri-La' to China. They are reunited with Alex just as they all learn that they have been betrayed; General Yang, a rogue military commander, has plans to use the eye to raise the emperor from the dead so that he can rule not just China but the whole world. The Emperor is brought back to life but is still effected by the curse; if he is to be free of the curse and raise his army the Emperor must travel to Shangri-La… something that the O'Connell's, along with Lin, a beautiful Chinese woman who is charged with guarding the tomb and has the only weapon that can kill the emperor, and Rick's brother in law, Jonathan Carnahan, are determined to stop.This the third of the Mummy movies was entertaining for the most part; I liked how the action had moved to a new location… even if it was probably motivated by a desire to make money in China. The action is almost non-stop and for the most pert it is pretty exciting. Introducing Rick's son added a sense of danger as at one point it looked as though Rick was going to die and pass the baton as series protagonist to Alex. The cast did a solid enough job although I missed Rachel Weisz, in the role of Evelyn; Maria Bello wasn't bad in the role but I think it would have been better if she had been an entirely different character. Luke Ford was a good addition as Alex and I enjoyed Isabella Leong's performance as Lin. Michelle Yeoh impressed as Lin and Jet Li was okay as the Emperor… sadly most of the time he was hidden behind CGI so felt somewhat underused. As well as action there was plenty to laugh out; some of the gags were more groan inducing than laugh out loud funny but that didn't matter. Overall this isn't a must see film but it is solid enough and while there is a lot of action it is of the type that can be enjoyed by most ages.

I don't consider this movie quite as bad as some have made out. it isn't brilliant but fairly entertaining in places. The special effects were pretty good and the action for the most part not too bad. I don't get others problem with Rachel Wiesz being replaced as her character, played this time by Maria Bello didn't have very much to do.However the movie could have been so much better. It had Jet Li in it, it was set in China, it had some pretty good Martial arts. It had the incredibly good Michelle Yeoh, Russell Wong and Isabella Leong so it had all the ingredients of a great movie, but it just didn't quite get there.I think it hammed it up a bit to much and some of the cgi was silly. It seemed as if the director wasn't sure if he was making a spoof of Mummy/Martial arts films or an action movie, but he didn't do either very well.Silliest part was the Yeti's, there was no point to them and it almost made me turn off (I did watch this on DVD and I did fast forward a lot)I do think one of the problems with Hollywood, is that they never know when to end a series of films, (are we on Rocky 10 yet?) and the sequels seems to come out almost for the sake of it.