1.5/4  This sequel should have stayed buried.
The first two Mummy movies were far from action masterpieces, but when you compare them to this crappy film, they seem like Oscar contenders. The movie lacks the central chemistry that made the first two films fun and charming and without ... (read full)

1.5/4  The Curse of the Daddy
Chinese mummies are awesome. Unfortunately, this isn't a movie about mummies -- it's about daddy. If you didn't give a damn about Indian Jones and his father-son issues, this film will be painfully boring.

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1/4  A Complete Waste of Time
It’s difficult to decide which aspect of the film is most ridiculous. I suppose it could be the title, which is misleading. There isn’t actually a mummy in the film. Sure, there are ancient figures raised from the dead, but they’re more li... (read full)

1/4  Letdown,Letdown,Letdown. This is Awful.
I like The first mummy movie of the series, yuh know why? because it was a decent movie. It wasn't even really good. The sequel was just as good and the third film of the Mummy Franchise, 'Tomb of the Dragon Emperor', is f***in' awful.

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2.5/4  Third Time Not as Charming for The Mummy
The mummy franchise always seemed like a half-hearted, albeit with its own charm, attempt at reworking the Indiana Jones movies with more humor, lots of action but couldn't quite capture that heart.

The third installment of the franchis... (read full)

1.5/4  Army of Darkness without the comedy
I hate to see the rule of gravity apply to a franchise that unexpectedly brings back the audience's interests to ancient Egypt, pharaohs and of course mummies who we all loved to hate. Well to me it is hard to see the Mummy franchise reduc... (read full)

1/4  The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Quick Review
Rob Cohen, na direção, é tão vulgar e desastrado que faz os capítulos anteriores de Stephen Sommers parecerem obras-primas de elegância formal. Aqui, a série descamba de vez para a tosqueira e a comédia rasgada. Uma pena.

1.5/4  The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Quick Review
Hugely disappointing. Yeah, all the critics said it sucked ('cept ebert). They were right. None of the fun of the original is here and Chinese mummies just aren't the same. Rob Cohen sucks real bad.

2/5 I love the series, but.....
  by T. A. Wauldron (Magalia, Ca United States)
...the ball was dropped on this film. Someone in Hollywood believed Brendon Fraiser and Jet Li in the same film would miraculously make this a winner. That someone should lose his job.

Synopsis: Ancient Chinese warlord is reawakened (along with 10,000 Terra Cotta warriors) to conquer the world. And there are Yetis....

The first two movies in the series were fantastically entertaining. You had action, emotion, love, despair, and discoveries of a linked past that made the movies engrossing. They had excellent scripts, beautiful effects, and acting that made it look real. I watch them over and over. This dog...well, at least I watched until the end.

Whoever cast this movie screwed the pooch. Fraser, as Rick O'Connell is, of course, excellent. I love the gung ho balls ahead character. He IS the character. In fact, he is the franchise.

Rachael Weisz declined to return citing problems with the script. Boy did she make the right call. So Maria Bello is cast as Evy. Dear God In Heaven. what where they thinking! Where Weisz played Evuy with emotion, perfect timing, and a boatload of sex appeal, Bello is a block of freaking wood who phones in her part. She has NO fluidity, no sense of timing, and not a trace of sex appeal. In fact, a block of wood could have done a much better job.

In the 2nd film, The Mummy Returns, the son, Alex, has a very strong `proper' English accent and typical `Brit' attitude. In this movie, Alex (Luke Ford) has NO trace of accent or his English upbringing. He plays the role like a young John Wayne, as if he was raised in Arizona. It totally fails.

Jet Li as Emperor Han...well, I loved him in Lethal Weapon 4, Unleashed, and The One. He should have done the role of Emperor Han with the same soft-sneering attitude he had in LW4. But he wasn't directed that way in this film. He was concrete, and wooden. There was no sense of surprise upon awakening 2000 years later. No marveling at the changes in the world. No wonder at how the world had changed. Totally unrealistic.

Redeeming factors: Michelle Yeoh (very big star in China) as Zi Yaun, the witch who betrays Han knowing his merciless character, Isabella Leong as her immortal daughter, and Russell Wong as General Ming Guo (Han's right hand man who falls in love with Zi Yaun). John Hannah plays Evy's gold-digging brother seamlessly from the prior films.

And there are the Yetis. Ya gotta love the Computer Graphics. At first, the Yetis were fluff, but then you start to like them. They are the `untarnished good' surrounded by evil.

The special effects are admirable. The battle scenes at the end are exceptional. The warriors (and Han) turning to sand and clay are so cool, myself and my friends all gave it a big `WHOA!'.

Rent it, just to see it. Own it, ONLY if you need to complete the series.

Hope this helps you decide.

1/5 Very Disappointing
  by Matt W. (Florida)
This movie was a big let-down. I LOVED the first two Mummy movies in the series and could watch them over and over. This one was written so bad that the lines could be laughed at throughout the entire thing (and I don't mean the comedic lines). The wife is a different person and is awful, son talks like John Wayne and is too old compared to the years that went by, and Jet Li was barely in the movie/had any lines. The special effects in this movie were mediocre in 1995 and that's saying something. The story of it completely broke off from what it was in the first two. The wife has no connection to her past like in the second one whatsoever. I would not recommend this to anyone that loves the first two. If you don't want to ruin the series and have not seen this movie, then don't even think about watching this. I have never been so disappointed in a movie.

1/5 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Widescreen)
  by Bjorn Viberg (European Union)
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Widescreen) is the third movie in the series and it is painfully bad. The plot is a joke. Bredan Fraser phones in a lame performance and the replacement actress for his wife try as she might the chemistry is just not there. The first two movies were full of fun, wit and good adventure. This move is nothing short of a travesty. Pointless violence, a plot written by Dr Nick Riviera from the Simpsons or maybe even Homer himself, shoddy acting. I was so disapointed considering that the first two movies are good enough to watch again and again. This one I will avoid att all costs. 1/5.


1/5 Unconvincing performances, non-existant chemistry
  by Furiae (USA)
Rachel Weisz was smart to stay away from this movie. The leads give unconvincing, wooden performances, and Bello and Fraser have zero chemistry. The actor who portrayed the son gave a terribly one-note performance (the type that usually befits straight-to-DVD movies). John Hannah's Jonathan is still warm and funny, but that doesn't make up for the fact that the movie is just plain underwhelming. The only relationship that seemed genuine was the one between Michelle Yeoh and Isabella Leong, which, I'll admit, was convincing and tender. Jet Li was woefully underused as he gave as intense a performance as his limited role would allow. Most importantly, however, removing the Mummy franchise from Egypt also removed all of the charm of its predecessors. The first two films were fun, charming, and a joy to watch. The plot sprawls and the movie makes you wonder how the heck the lovable Rick and Evie could become so unlovable and boring. It's not that I disliked the characters--they were just so one-note and uninteresting that I couldn't bother to care. Rent before you buy.

1/5 Shouldn't have been made.
  by Kurt Cameron
Without Rachael Weisz, this movie shouldn't have been made period. I was so disappointed. It's completely obvious to me that if Weisz refused the script, you either change it to her satifaction, or don't make the stupid movie.