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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

2008
Suspense/Thriller, Fantasy
1h 52m
In the Far East, trouble-seeking father-and-son duo Rick (Fraser) and Alex O'Connell (Ford) unearth the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin (Li) -- a shape-shifting entity who was cursed by a wizard (Yeoh) centuries ago.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

2008
Suspense/Thriller, Fantasy
1h 52m
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Rated 11 Nov 2008
26
6th
I thought, going into this, that 21 was a pretty low PSI. I mean how can you go wrong with a mummy story involving Jet Li as Emperor Qin with his terracotta army? Apparently pretty easily. Terrible script, acting, CGI, dialogue and yeti football. YETI FOOTBALL! Fuck this movie.
Rated 20 Aug 2008
9
0th
Same again. If you rearranged the order these films were released, would it make a difference? Is any one different enough from the other to be noticeable? Uninspired, unoriginal story & caricatures. No surprises EVER. Fraser's son? As banally heroic and blandly handsome as his father. Jet Li wasted. CGI for no reason. Lots of xplosions. Every joke thuds. Supernatural dispatched w/.. guns. For children who have never seen a movie before. Representative of all that is wrong w/H'wood. Product.
Rated 26 May 2009
76
57th
Same as the other two, but kind of throws away what realism the other two had (not much), which may or may not be a good thing--but whatever, it's got abominable snowmen.
Rated 28 Apr 2009
60
30th
Enjoyable but nothing more, I do not know how many sort of monsters I have seen in this movie. Plenty of action but the mummy-story was so amazingly poor. How much more of this crap are we going to see in the future ?
Rated 16 Feb 2021
4
27th
Not as bad as some people make it out to be, however the enjoyment factor isn't there like the originals. Bello does not compare to Weisz by any means, Ford coming in could've been interesting, if he wasn't written to be an arrogant and whiny bitch, which is not really his fault. Even Jet Li doesn't compare to the original mummy because he didn't do much that was all that memorable. This film's best assets are its visuals and Fraser himself. This showed the franchise was at an end.
Rated 17 Aug 2009
20
1st
There aren't any Mummies in this Mummy movie.
Rated 14 Jun 2009
30
9th
Horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible
Rated 11 Dec 2008
25
17th
I have a certain amount of respect for this for actually having a plot and not just regurgitating elements from the first film like The Mummy Returns did so blatantly. That said, this still isn't very good. Better than the second, sure, but the loss of Weisz really hurts (Bello is really wrong for the character) and Alex has gone from annoying kid to annoying, unnecessary and character-less. It held my interest more than the second did, and Fraser is still good, but it's at best a passable film.
Rated 06 Dec 2008
35
10th
This makes The Scorpion King look like Citizen Kane.
Rated 04 Aug 2008
45
16th
Do not continue...
Rated 08 Jan 2018
3
5th
Looks better than the last one, but the little humour from before is now completely gone ("You guys are like mummy magnets!" *crickets*), the plot is a complete rehash (just substitute a terracotta army for the dog army, and add in some yetis), and the added father-son dramatic thread falls flat on its face just like it did in Die Hard 5 (newcomer Bello isn't great either). Some good fight choreography and one badass "revenge for the oppressed" speech at the climax are the only positives here.
Rated 20 Aug 2014
14
36th
This movie really makes you wonder about the after life. Like, "How aware were those raised corpses before they came back to life?" and "Will I go to hell for watching this movie?"
Rated 14 May 2014
60
51st
Bargain basement Crystal Skull wannabe that occasionally reaches goofy fun. A majority of the reviews for this one are far more inept than the film.
Rated 06 Oct 2012
40
15th
Stupid and boring. Not painful to watch, but definitely not pleasant.
Rated 01 Mar 2012
50
26th
I so know this is shit, but I laughed my ass of when I saw it in theaters. I laughed my ass of again when it was on tv and a friend hadn't seen it so we watched it. I'm excited for the next one when Brendan Fraser is immortal. Seriously, if you can't laugh at this, I apologize for telling you that you will, but I can't help it because a yeti does a ninja kick. But I must reiterate, it is pretty bad. Shockingly so. And amazingly so.
Rated 09 May 2011
10
2nd
Bad effects, poorly shot and edited action scenes with egregious misuse of slow-motion and bored, uninspired performances sink this franchise so deep it will likely never see the light again.
Rated 24 Dec 2010
25
4th
"Arrrrrgh, here we go again! I HATE MUMMIES! NOT MUMMIES AGAIN!!!"
Rated 10 Jul 2010
0
3rd
I almost switched it of, when the yetis started playing football with chinese henchmen. Yes, you heard me. It has yetis kicking field goals with chinese henchmen. It's no joke. Or rather: in the movie it is. Sadly.
Rated 29 Sep 2009
34
28th
Although I never really got along very well with The Mummy franchise, I have to say that this spectacularly cheesy effort certainly entertained me. In fact it entertained me enough to question whether the previous offerings were really as dry as I remember. Brendan Fraser again takes the forefront with his usual infectiously goofy character. Oh there's no doubting it's terrible, but it's also one of those horrendous exploitations of all things below par that you can't help but feel attached to.
Rated 04 Feb 2009
41
16th
It was.. entertaining. It started of good but then they didn't care anymore about the old mummy-formula and that's a pitty. And all those stupid jokes from O'Connell.. And over the top, everything over the top.. And djess O'Connell... Bad actor.. Bad.. Really bad..
Rated 05 Jan 2009
1
5th
At least Rachel Weisz had the common sense to leave this one alone. Fun fact: One point for starring Jet Li.
Rated 28 Dec 2008
14
1st
Just lean back and tick off the clichés. Overfeeding an action movie does not make it interesting.
Rated 14 Dec 2008
30
3rd
Maybe I'd like this movie if I stood Mario Bello's "God I certainly didn't fit for this role!" looks. I love Bello, but absolutely terrible replacement. And China? Seriously??
Rated 04 Oct 2008
18
10th
Really bad, and I thought the first Mummy movie was a good entertainment flick. The second was very mediocre but this was just bad. So many flaws with a shoe string plot and a script that tries to be self-aware but ends up feeling terribly tacky. Though Maria Bello can be good I didn't find her to be a suitable replacement for Rachel Wiez. Avoid, even if you like the series.
Rated 14 Aug 2008
47
3rd
The previous two movies weren't serious, but this one doesn't even take itself seriously. Its silliness is either cringe-worthy or pretty entertaining, but mostly the former. Yetis celebrating a field goal? And how about the son character trading a proper English accent for a semi-Bostonian one? Some of it's more self-reflexive moments aren't too bad though. A movie that you laugh at, not with.
Rated 09 Aug 2008
15
3rd
PIECE OF CRAP!
Rated 08 Aug 2008
38
9th
Gah! For all its grand budget, this thing belongs in the bargain bin. The acting, story, dialogue, romance, action sequences, effects, sets - it's all tacky and mostly terrible. The movie cuts out Rachel Weisz and replaces her with the talented Maria Bello who delivers an atrocious performance. Most of the dialogue consists of "Here we go again" and "I hate mummies." There aren't any mummies in the film, and there's nothing interesting, exciting, or commendable about it at all. Embarrassing.
Rated 03 Aug 2008
2
6th
the yeti kicks a field goal? pretty terrible but i wasn't falling asleep
Rated 13 Aug 2024
59
19th
Honestly, I liked it a bit more than the second movie, but it was still lacking. I think it was probably the right move to go to a different setting and villain, and I think the story worked a little better than Returns where I just bored with the previous one, and this one kept me interested slightly more, but still neither sequel quite lives up to the original movie.
Rated 26 Jun 2024
35
9th
Quite horribad. Brendan Fraser is doing his best but the magic of the first movie is not there and we're forced to listen to cringeworthy jokes and look at no-stakes CGI action to bide our time. Some cool concepts here, like the Terracotta Army, but the script is trying to pull too many 'cool' things into one story and renders all action and potential consequence meaningless. The one yeti making the hand gesture of 'yassss' is the perfect summarization of the level of this movie.
Rated 30 May 2024
50
34th
Now the series lost it steam and more importantly Rachel Weisz, entertained... but not at all like part one and two.
Rated 20 May 2024
40
14th
Brendan Fraser and John Hannah were desperate for money, but Rachel Weisz was not? I don't understand why an all-powerful demigod would bother engaging in hand-to-hand combat with a mere mortal.
Rated 26 Apr 2024
58
24th
Soulless like a direct to DVD sequel, without any understanding for previous characters and lore. The departure from Egyptian themes was badly done and seemed borderline mocking to Chinese culture. They are only just rubbing it in casting some big kung fu names. The "we are a bored couple" could have almost been a fun, but it was quickly ruined by the son plots and how fast it goes straight to the big bad without build up. Also wtf with that lame-ass dragon and yetis and furry monster??
Rated 04 May 2022
58
19th
Chineseempsentbestiegeneraltofindwitchforeternallife-fellinlove-killedbestie/stabbedhersoshecursedhim/army+ewrecastweisz+loltheiradultson+yetilol+shangrila+immortalhydralol
Rated 14 Aug 2021
16
1st
Excruciating, numbing "spectacle" looks cheap and low-rent, with an inexplicable shift in the ethnicity of the mummys to the oriental - shoehorning Yeoh and Li into the morass for no other apparent reason than to make the film more internationally marketable. Fraser and Hannah overplay in an effort to jump start the dreariness, but Bello makes a poor substitute for Weisz. And their son is in there somewhere? A shallow, hollow and cynical effort to hold on to a series past its sell-by date. Ergh!
Rated 07 Mar 2020
70
17th
I'd place it above The Mummy Returns, but below both the Mummy and the spin-off Scorpion King. None of the sequels quite got what made the first one so enjoyable right, instead they just kept using mummies as some kind of in-joke and no big deal rather that building the sense of dread that the first movie managed to. It's an entertaining enough action/adventure, but there are far better ones out there.
Rated 09 Jul 2019
8
3rd
I would say that I was disappointed with this film but tbh the mummy franchise was never actually good (like, at all).
Rated 10 Jan 2019
5
1st
3 outing of the mummy and a very bad one at that. Didn't dislike the recasting with Bello for Weisz as much as I thought I would, however they would have been better just killing the character off. The story is just plain bad and lack all the charm of the first 2 movies. Thrown in the horrible acting of Luke Ford whose interactions with every other cast member is cringeworthy you're left with something that should never have been made
Rated 30 Mar 2018
50
10th
By far the worst of the Brendan Fraser "Mummy" series. Missed out on a lot of the elements that made the others great, including good action and any actual humor.
Rated 08 Oct 2017
23
7th
Recasting Evy was a mistake, one of many, of which the biggest clearly was the decision to make this movie. Setting it in China rather than Egypt works fine, but other than that, there's nothing new. And having them constantly talk about how this is just same old, same old (when they're not having boring family drama) does not make it okay.
Rated 11 Aug 2017
60
6th
Corny as hell but worth a watch if you're a big fan of the earlier films.
Rated 07 Aug 2017
17
2nd
There're a couple of passable action sequences but, for the most part, it's not worth it.
Rated 06 Aug 2017
80
68th
This is the best of the Mummy films.
Rated 08 Jan 2017
72
40th
B
Rated 02 Oct 2016
10
1st
Ten points for the ten minutes I could bear to watch it.
Rated 28 Feb 2016
68
15th
Well I was open to it being a silly but fun little romp until the yeti show up.
Rated 29 Aug 2015
92
47th
Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is set in 1946, 13 years after its hero, Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser), managed to best The Rock's Scorpion King in the Egypt-based The Mummy Returns (2001). Bored of kicking his heels in an Oxfordshire country home, he and his novelist wife, Evelyn (Maria Bello) take up an offer to deliver a precious artefact to a museum in Shanghai.
Rated 19 Jul 2015
43
11th
I'm ashamed for Jet Li being in this movie
Rated 29 May 2015
41
4th
41.000
Rated 22 Sep 2014
11
3rd
Stupid, but there's a bit of fun here and there, the reason for the relatively high score. It manages to quash Brendan Fraser's immense likability almost completely.
Rated 15 Aug 2014
2
7th
Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was the ultimate death of the Mummy franchise. The original Mummy film gets it's fare share of stick but I've always enjoyed it. Ultimately it was a poor mans Indiana Jones but it was still a blast. And the sequel was tolerable. But this third film is a huge step down. Brendan Fraser tries his best but Maria Bello is a poor replacement for Rachel Weisz and Jet Li has little to offer. There's a handful of enjoyable set pieces but otherwise I was bored to tears.
Rated 02 Jul 2014
40
32nd
Again, computer graphics gone wild. If you like to watch skeleton armies having sword fights, Yetti creatures and mummies coming back to life, then this movie is perfect for you. It is full of action, special effects, creatures and way too much CGI. A few comical moments parsed between the mostly absurd and ridiculous. One saving grace is the nonstop action, and exciting sound track. Enjoyable, if you can abandon all rational thinking and just go with it.
Rated 29 Dec 2013
88
49th
Actually pretty good.
Rated 20 Dec 2013
30
12th
I REALLY HATE MUMMIES
Rated 29 Oct 2013
20
5th
Thanks for shitting on my childhood.
Rated 03 Jun 2013
20
3rd
Wow, did I hate this film. Only had one good scene it it. The yeti making a touch down pass. Yetis can make the worst movies bearable.
Rated 11 Mar 2013
10
1st
11/3/2013 shitty story, avoid wasting your time on this one.
Rated 21 Feb 2013
20
9th
I have no words.
Rated 09 Feb 2013
27
23rd
The China-setting, with Nazi-replacements, has potential for more Indy-feel, and that's preferable over Mummy-mess. The closest we get though is a LaBeouf-wannabe-wreckage and this ends up closer to Crystal Skull than quality-Indy. Fight-choreography and action-scenes are dull, some of the dialogue just awful, and Maria.B has been seen much better and hotter elsewhere. I "enjoyed" this a tad more than Returns, but still it's mostly underwhelming shit. Preview*: #13#, popcorn, 'pt1.2', (cast)
Rated 12 Jan 2013
50
7th
Bad.
Rated 04 Dec 2012
5
4th
Dumps elements that made the series fun (the mummy, Weisz and hokey Egyptology) while keeping the worst (Fraser and the over-reliance on bad CGI). Just like the characters, this franchise doesn't know when to let something dead stay buried.
Rated 22 Oct 2012
1
14th
A horrficly pointless film as what can only be described as "Brendan Fraser light" goes from Point A to Z in this boring film that sucks any fun the previous two films had for a cheap buck.
Rated 04 Oct 2012
57
17th
It's funny and Brendan Fraser is so likeable. It's not good, but i don't hate it. There are worst ways to spend my time
Rated 30 May 2012
21
9th
I've often referred to Brendan Fraser as an effortlessly charming actor. Here is a movie to make me seriously rethink that sentiment. When he's the reason I was able to glean any entertainment from Journey to the Center of the Earth, just *imagine* how wretched this movie must be to utterly joyless. Bello is a poor substitute for Weisz and Cohen is so bad he makes you long for the touch of Stephen fucking Sommers. Whatever life this franchise had is long gone. This is a walking corpse of a film.
Rated 13 May 2012
50
47th
Like the other Mummy films, Tomb of the Dragon Emperor won't bore you, but it also won't make you think. It's another movie that you can watch to pass the time, but if you want stimulation, you'll have to look elsewhere. This is the first in the franchise that at least looks as impressive as its budget, so if you want to see really good looking Yetis and other visual spectacles, it'll be worth your time. Just don't hope for something of substance, or lots of Jet Li, as you'll be disappointed.
Rated 10 Apr 2012
40
0th
I hate to say it, but Roger Ebert is wrong. This is the worst of the series. The sense of self-awareness is almost entirely absent, making this a prime example of what the first movie made fun of. While Maria Bello is reasonably convincing as an action heroine type, she doesn't have Rachel Weisz's sense of humor. Their son, while supposedly 10 years older, is just as much of a brat as in the previous movie, but his advanced age makes him unbearable. Not worth your time.
Rated 22 Jan 2012
60
16th
Wasn't good, wasn't bad. It was too avarage. It's never good sign when one of the actors from previous films isn't in this one. Maria Bello wasn't so good as Rachel Weisz. And I loved previous films and I love good adventure movie. Too bad.
Rated 22 Jan 2012
35
19th
Plot 6/20 Fiction 7/20 Casting/Acting 9/20 Worldbuilding 7/20 Entertainment 6/20
Rated 22 Jan 2012
23
5th
OHMYGODIT'SSOOFFENSIVELYBAD
Rated 01 Dec 2011
47
23rd
Not terrible, ok acting and an ok story made it tolerable. Maybe the lack of a return of the entire cast is its downfall, because this movie wasn't as charming as the first two.
Rated 03 Aug 2011
35
26th
We're not talking classic or even class here, but the picture is entertaining enough and succeeds at being what it wants to be.
Rated 29 Jun 2011
80
36th
ta biennnn !!
Rated 28 Jun 2011
1
6th
"Good going dad. You've raised another mummy."
Rated 27 Mar 2011
15
1st
so bad that I wont even write a comment except this line
Rated 21 Nov 2010
10
9th
"Makes the first two Mummy films seem like The Godfather I and II." - Nick Schager
Rated 26 Sep 2010
0
5th
One of the most painful experiences of my life--and I've had pneumonia.
Rated 20 Sep 2010
22
6th
Boring excuse to milk whatever money was left in the franchise.
Rated 20 Sep 2010
50
12th
Hated the son. Hated the new Evie. Wasted the talents of Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh. Just overall kinda disappointing.....especially since the first two were pretty good.
Rated 12 Aug 2010
0
1st
Unwatchable.
Rated 27 Jul 2010
18
6th
Even though previous installments were already mediocre, this one is just plain bad
Rated 10 Jun 2010
21
11th
The car chasing scene seemed to take a few hours in itself. Too little Jet Li, way too little Michelle Yeoh, too much of all the other morons.
Rated 04 Jun 2010
10
4th
Uninspired tripe with dull action scenes and a laughable cliche plot. Normally in a dumb popcorn flick like this, I wouldn't be so hard on it for its plot holes but a lot of them are so jarring and stupid. how in the hell did they manage to travel through rough, mountain terrain "very quickly" to save the Asian girl? How in the hell do ancient, resurrected Chinese skeletons know English? I would like the movie despite these flaws if it had some entertainment value, but everyone is awful in this.
Rated 03 May 2010
3
3rd
Horrendous excrement.
Rated 19 Jan 2010
4
1st
Look... I saw it on an airplane, ok? I'm still not proud of myself.
Rated 12 Jan 2010
70
19th
I noticed the quality of Rachel Weisz (although I like Bello in other movies) as soon as she was gone ... but that's just part of the problem
Rated 05 Oct 2009
7
5th
Should have been called Crouching Mummy, Hidden Yeti. Wire action cannot save this series.
Rated 20 Sep 2009
80
33rd
The weakest of the Mummy movies with Brendan Frazer.
Rated 19 Aug 2009
45
9th
Inoffensively bad, but bad none-the-less. Brendan Frasier tries, but it just isn't enough to save this movie.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
6
5th
As thin and as pointless as a film possibly can be. The original Mummy film was an average popcorn flick, by the time they got to this third installment any charm had left the franchise. Poorly written and performed, with dull action sequences, its not worth your time.
Rated 06 Jul 2009
50
32nd
Way better than I thought! Some things are still fun but China as a replacement for Egypt and Bello for Weisz didn't work.
Rated 16 Jun 2009
0
2nd
This movie is absolute garbage. Fuck you Brendan Fraser for never doing anything good, fuck you Yeti's (goal=fail) and, most of all, FUCK YOU ROGER EBERT!
Rated 18 May 2009
35
13th
Passes the time.
Rated 13 May 2009
45
16th
Ok the actings not great nor is the storyline. Also you would have expected it to be better considering the cast. If you watch this expecting it to be as good as the first you would be very disappointed. If you watch it as just a regular popcorn movie it is rather enjoyable. It just seems that the over the top humour gets in the way of the action. It is also very predictable and flawed. Watch it and make your own mind up
Rated 19 Apr 2009
30
18th
"I kept waiting for Silver Surfer, Neo, and Snoopy on his damn doghouse to come flying by and yell "Hey Rick! That's a lot of mummies! Mind if WE drop in?""
Rated 07 Apr 2009
10
4th
Oh, shit, where do I start with this thing? Annoying acting, climax sucks, boring villain, not funny, the new lady sucks, and whatever else you kind find in this thing probably sucks. I just like Jet Li, so I don't give this the ultimate shit rating.
Rated 11 Mar 2009
45
46th
Much better as part 2.
Rated 18 Jan 2009
60
14th
Shame on you Brandon Frasier.
Rated 14 Jan 2009
65
25th
Dumb as a truck full of sacks of bricks. Kind of fun, though.
Rated 02 Jan 2009
60
30th
The stuff in Chinese was all pretty decent, and the O'Conells had their moments but this is a rather disjointed film. It feels like the dialogue needed one more draft and the plot a bit of punching up. Very much a family film for people with relatively youngish kids, though they made it a bit scary for the age that would like some of the terrible jokes...
Rated 20 Dec 2008
44
14th
Oh my god. There are some almost good moments and when the action finally starts, the pacing is great, BUT...extremely derivative, unexceptional, seen-it-all-before type of movie with huge illogical stupidities and predictable plot twists. And the CGI was not overly impressive as well, considering how much this movie depends on it. Jokes were terrible. And finally, there was far too little of Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh. Anyway, a little better than the second one.

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