I was never a fan of the first two, but those are masterpieces compared to this clunk ‘o junk.
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08/04/08
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:3
Rotten:28
Average Rating:3.8/10
Consensus: With middling CG effects and a distinct lack of fun, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor finds the series past its prime.
Theatrical Release:Aug 1, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $102,176,165
Synopsis: The blockbuster global Mummy franchise takes a spellbinding turn as the action shifts to Asia for the next chapter in the adventure series, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Brendan Fraser... [More]
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Reviews for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Top CriticFor a movie about the undead, this lacks any supernatural chills, and by the time its obligatory final showdown arrives, it seems as hollow as the terra cotta soldiers brought to life by CGI.
08/01/08
Top CriticThe best news about this clangorous clunker is that it may well have vanquished the Mummy franchise.
08/01/08
Top CriticRemarkably, the plot has much in common with Hellboy II: The Golden Army, yet that bundle of fun has enough vision to make even its Barry Manilow interlude seem appropriate.
08/01/08
Top CriticThe story is no more than a thread stitching set pieces of increasing implausibility and ineptitude.
08/01/08
Top CriticThis Mummy movie is really two movies: a good adventure epic, with all the Chinese people, and a wan one, with O'Connells and the other the Westerners.
08/01/08
Top CriticTomb of the Dragon Emperor is more of the same -- and yet less.
08/01/08
Top CriticThe new Mummy is, how can I put it? Just freakin' awful.
08/01/08
Top CriticThis movie wasn't so much created as calculated.
08/01/08
Top CriticThe third installment of the Mummy franchise, Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, is by far the weakest.
08/01/08
Top CriticWhat's with outsourcing mummies to China? Do the undead work for lower wages there? Did Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon take place on the Nile?
08/01/08
Top Critic'Here we go again,' sighs adventurer Rick O'Connell in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and he's not the only one to notice that things are starting to look awfully familiar.
08/01/08
Top CriticIf it weren't for all that inept banter, this might have been a different film indeed.
08/01/08
Top CriticIt's serviceable summer twaddle, but you might as well see Hellboy II: The Golden Army -- similar plot, much better film.
08/01/08
Top CriticThe Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor marks the sad end (we hope) to a franchise that delivered two solid, highly entertaining, summer popcorn-munchers, both superior to the second Indiana Jones flick.
08/01/08
Top CriticYou've seen it all before. You don't want to see it again. It will hurt your head and lay waste to your soul.
08/01/08
Top CriticWhile plenty of arrows zing, few of the wisecracks or familial confessions in Alfred Gough's and Miles Millar's script hit their mark.
08/01/08
Top CriticDespite exotic locations, epic cinematography, and much spectacular crash and bang, this Mummy feels like a threadbare toss-off.
08/01/08
Top CriticThe film's best quality is that it continues the Mummy tradition of mocking its own big-budget gratuitousness.
07/31/08
Top CriticTiresome and messy, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor borrows mightily from the Indiana Jones franchise and various martial-arts films, but it doesn't do what those films did nearly as well.
07/31/08
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December 08, 2008:
Not exactly mummy dearest, the movie does have a supply of magical moments of stylish sorcery in store. It's just that if you're a bit of a purist about archaeological flights of fancy, you're not likely to dig it.
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December 06, 2008:
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