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- It's 1946 and Jack and Evie are now retired. They did a bit of espionage during World War II but have decided it's now the easy life for them. The only problem is that they are now quite bored so they jump at the chance to deliver a precious gem which the UK government is returning to China. Evie's brother Jonathan is now running a nightclub in Shanghai and they are surprised to also find their son Alex who is supposed to be at university but has on an archaeological dig with an old friend, Professor Roger Wilson. They soon find themselves involved in intrigue as a corrupt Chinese General needs the gem to resurrect Emperor Han and his army who have been dead for thousands of years.
- Centuries ago, the evil Emperor Han was cursed by the sorceress Zi Yuan who transformed him and his army into mummies. In 1946, the explorer Rick O'Connell and his wife Evelyn O'Connell are invited by the British government to take a relic, the diamond "The Eye of Shangri-La" to China. The ancient stone is capable of resurrecting the Emperor Han and of pointing the way to Shangri-La and the eternal pool of life. When the couple reaches China, they meet their son Alex O'Connell, who has discovered the tomb of Han, and Evelyn's brother Jonathan Carnahan. The O'Connells are betrayed by their friend Prof. Roger Wilson, who is associated with General Yang. Yang wants to serve Emperor Han, so he resurrects the mummy and they head for Shangri-La. The guardian of Han's tomb (and Zi's daughter) Lin tells them that the only ways to destroy Han are to prevent him from reaching Shangri-La or by stabbing his heart with a cursed dagger.
- I'm a bit surprised at the vitriol expressed in so many of the reviews of this film! Sure, it has plenty of flaws (as do Mummys 1 and 2), but it's also entertaining and exciting in many places! And ANYTHING with Michelle Yeoh in it is worth seeing as far as I'm concerned. The young lady who plays Lin (Isabella Leong) is simply... stunning. What a beauty!<br/><br/>So I'd suggest to viewers not to waste so much effort pointing out the rather obvious weaknesses, or the fact that the Mandarin is poorly spoken (I, for one, can't tell the difference anyway! ;-}). <br/><br/>Just break out the popcorn and enjoy a classic Saturday matinée type movie!
- Though I liked the first "Mummy" movie when I saw it, it became more and more unsatisfying the more I thought about it. When I eventually saw the first sequel, I felt even more underwhelmed. So I put off seeing the next sequel for some time, and I only decided to rent it when I was gathering movies for a "7 movies for 7 days" deal.<br/><br/>After watching it, I will admit that I found a few good things about it. The new location makes the going-ons feel a bit more fresh, the sets are top-notch, and all of those two things are photographed in a very colorful way. There are a few decent action sequences. Some of the CGI is pretty impressive as well.<br/><br/>For that last thing, note that I said "SOME". There are other CGI effects that look pretty bad. But that did not concern me as much as some other problems I had with the movie. The script is very contrived at times, among other things really forcing all the characters together. Characters have powers that seem to come out of nowhere, just for convenience. And while SOME of the action scenes are good, there are others that are botched. The chase on the streets of Shanghai is loud and not directed well. The anticipated fight between Li and Yeoh is a BIG disappointment (they should have got Hong Kong experts to choreograph and direct it.) <br/><br/>I suppose if you watch it when you have no other entertainment option open, the movie will pass the time for two or so hours... but still, you'll think at the end, "What wasted potential!"
- I'm afraid it just stinks.
- Retired Egyptologists Rick (<a href="/name/nm0000409/">Brendan Fraser</a>) and Evelyn "Evy" (<a href="/name/nm0004742/">Maria Bello</a>) O'Connell are asked by archeology professor Roger Wilson (<a href="/name/nm0129464/">David Calder</a>) to take the diamond "Eye of Shangri-La" back to China, where their archeologist son Alex (<a href="/name/nm1047329/">Luke Ford</a>) has unearthed the mummy of an ancient Chinese Emperor (<a href="/name/nm0001472/">Jet Li</a>) who was long ago cursed, along with his entire army, by the witch Zi Yuan (<a href="/name/nm0000706/">Michelle Yeoh</a>). While there, they meet up with Evy's brother Jonathan (<a href="/name/nm0001314/">John Hannah</a>), now the owner of a nightclub in Shanghai, and encounter the evil General Yang (<a href="/name/nm0938893/">Anthony Chau-Sang Wong</a>), who wants to resurrect the Emperor and his army. Aided by Zi's immortal daughter Lin (<a href="/name/nm1884816/">Isabella Leong</a>), three yetis, and an army of undead soldiers, the O'Connells must prevent the Emperor from taking over the world. Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is the third movie in The Mummy series, preceded by <a href="/title/tt0120616/">The Mummy (1999)</a> (1999) and <a href="/title/tt0209163/">The Mummy Returns (2001)</a> (2001). The screenplay was co-written by American screenwriter Alfred Gough and British screenwriter Miles Millar. A novelization, also titled The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, written by American writer Max Allan Collins (who also novelized the first two movies), was released concurrently with the movie. The film was patterned in part on a real-life Qin Dynasty emperor Qin Shi Huang [260-210 BCE], known for unifying the Great Wall of China as it existed at the time and for his search for an elixir of immortality. He was buried in a mausoleum that also contained thousands of terracotta soldiers, horses, and chariots, collectively called the Terracotta Army. Rick and Alex follow the Emperor under the Great Wall. Alex attempts to stop him, but the Emperor knocks him unconscious against a wall. Rick tries to stab the Emperor with the magical dagger but gets knocked into a lit torch and drops the dagger, breaking it in half. Meanwhile, General Yang and his assistant Choi (<a href="/name/nm0579534/">Jessey Meng</a>) go after Lin and Evy. Lin manages to knock Yang into some moving gears which crush him and Choi. While Rick and the Emperor continue to fight each other, Alex comes to and notices the broken dagger lying in the sand. He picks up the tip, sneaks around behind the Emperor, and plunges the tip into his back. "Divide and conquer," says Rick, who picks up the remaining piece of the dagger and plunges it through the Emperor's heart. As the Emperor explodes into flames, the Terracotta army disintegrates into dust and is blown away. The undead soldiers cheer their victory before they, too, are returned to dust. The O'Connells and Lin return to Shanghai and celebrate their victory dancing at Imhotep's. In the final scene, Jonathan is shown getting into a taxi with the blue diamond. He announces his intention to move to Peru "where there are no mummies." A postscript then appears stating: "Soon after, mummies were found in Peru." The U.K.-based ES Magazine had an interview with <a href="/name/nm0001838/">Rachel Weisz</a> in the Nov. 16 issue. Her decision not to reprise Evelyn's role seems to be a part of being a mother and not being able to fit it into her schedule. She's quoted saying "I would have had to go to China for three months and I just can't travel like that any more." However, according to sources close to the production of Mummy 3 (as reported by Eonline, Cinemablend and iesb.net) Rachel did not like the bad script and chose not to do the film. <a href="/name/nm0090222/">Freddie Boath</a> has been replaced by 26-year-old Australian actor Luke Ford. Ford will carry the torch for the franchise, if future films are made, as Brendan Fraser has now completed his three picture deal. In the previous films, Ardeth Bay was the guardian of Imhotep's tomb which was in Egypt. Imhotep is not in this film nor is the Egyptian setting, so Ardeth has no need to be a part of this scenario. a5c7b9f00b
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