The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

3/10

Dear fictional character Rick O'Connell, you can't roll your eyes about a magic knife being the only thing to kill a raised-from-the-dead emperor if you've already lived through two other unreal adventures.

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08/27/08

N/A

I know The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is nothing more than a popcorn movie... But even silly pop movies have standards and this one falls short of those.

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08/12/08

C-

It's one thing to make a film for the pre-teen market, it's quite another to make a film that sounds like it was written by one.

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08/11/08

N/A

Although the formula remains much the same tanna leave concoction as before, there are a indeed few new wrinkles on the dessicated old corpse, just enough to make this pleasant popcorn movie for viewers seeking action and adventure.

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08/08/08

6/10

...passable popcorn entertainment, it's just disappointing that they couldn't find anything new or original.

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08/08/08

2.5/4

A crazy-quilt comic book with Michelle Yeoh as a sorceress, a tribe of Abominable Snowmen, a visit to Shangri-La, a three-headed dragon, and Hong Kong's most honored actor, Anthony Wong, as a nutcase general. Kids should love it

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08/08/08

2/5

Hopefully one day we'll be able to sue for experiences like this. Until then just avoid them - because if you don't, Rob Cohen will keep making them.

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08/08/08

1.5/5

None of the action sequences generate any excitement at all and the in-between stuff is so wilfully nutty that it falls completely flat.

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08/08/08

2/5

Disappointing threequel with a badly written script, irritating characters, dodgy CGI work, a miscast Maria Bello and an underused Jet Li.

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08/08/08

2/5

The whole thing, despite its decent start and $100 million, looks a bit of a mess to me. An entertaining one, no doubt, for those who love the franchise, but a bore for those who don't much care but would have preferred a more well organised film

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08/08/08

1/5

This reawakens but doesn't reinvigorate a franchise that was already curling at the edges seven years ago, with The Mummy Returns.

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08/08/08

N/A

Mindless popcorn movies are fine, as long as they're inventive and don't treat their audience like idiots. But this one isn't, and does.

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08/08/08

N/A

In terms of originality, this Mummy is dead on its feet. And no matter what their nationality, everyone struggles with the generally awful dialogue.

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08/08/08

N/A

I can think of almost nothing good to say about the film, except that I enjoyed it immensely.

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08/08/08