The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

Director:

Rob Cohen

Writers (WGA):

Alfred Gough (written by) &
Miles Millar (written by)

Release Date:

1 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

A New Evil Awakens.

Plot:

In the Far East, Alex O'Connell, the son of famed mummy fighters Rick and Evy O'Connell, unearths the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin -- a shape-shifting entity cursed by a witch centuries ago.

Plot Keywords:

Emperor | Shangri La | Mummy | China | Army

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Brendan Fraser	...	Richard 'Rick' O'Connell
Jet Li	...	Emperor Han
Maria Bello	...	Evelyn O'Connell
John Hannah	...	Jonathan Carnahan
Michelle Yeoh	...	Zi Juan
Luke Ford	...	Alex O'Connell
Isabella Leong	...	Lin
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	General Yang (as Chau Sang Anthony Wong)
Russell Wong	...	General Ming Guo
Liam Cunningham	...	Mad Dog Maguire
David Calder	...	Prof. Roger Wilson
Jessey Meng	...	Choi
Tian Liang	...	Li Zhou
Albert Kwan	...	Chu Wah
Jacky Wu	...	Assassin #1 (as Wu Jing)

Also Known As:

Die Mumie - Das Grabmal des Drachenkaisers (Germany)
The Mummy 3 (USA) (informal title)
Untitled Rick O'Connell Adventure (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for adventure action and violence.

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44602) | Malaysia:U | UK:12A | South Korea:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12A | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Finland:K-13 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/12 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Brazil:12 | Germany:12 | Norway:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:11 | Australia:M | New Zealand:M | Peru:14 | Denmark:11 | Austria:12 | Taiwan:PG-12

Filming Locations:

Beijing, China

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

The small device that triggers a trap by dropping a bronze marble from a dragon's mouth to a frog's mouth is inspired by an ancient instrument that could predict the direction of a coming earthquake. It is considered the first seismograph.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In ancient China, oracle bones were turtle shells that were heated during divination, the cracks that appeared across Chinese characters written on the shells were then interpreted to foretell the future.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Jonathan Carnahan: I hate mummies. They never play fair.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-08-02)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Tulsa Oklahoma

Very Unnecessary

Having seen the first two, The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, I was looking forward to this movie. However, as the credits started to roll and people wandered out of the theater, I left with a half empty bucket of popcorn and a strong feeling of disappointment. This time around the O' Connell bunch, are fighting the Dragon Emperor (a very wasted casting of Jet Li)and his legion of undead soldiers, however there is none of the excitement in the story, if you have seen the trailer you have basically seen the movie, all the goofy humor in the first 2 movies is gone, the jokes can all be found in the trailer, the screenplay and writing and such have an extreme feel of laziness to it, and recasting Evie isn't a huge issue in comparison to replacing Freddie Boath with Luke Ford as Alex O'Connell which is just extremely bizarre, Freddie Boath is 17 and Brendan Fraser is 39, Luke Ford is 27, do the math. Overall the movie was just unnecessary, not even coming close to just your typical summer popcorn flick that the first two were