The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

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.

Director:

Rob Cohen

Writers:

Alfred Gough, Miles Millar

Stars:

Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello

2 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brendan Fraser	...	Rick O'Connell
Jet Li	...	Emperor
Maria Bello	...	Evelyn O'Connell
John Hannah	...	Jonathan Carnahan
Michelle Yeoh	...	Zi Yuan
Luke Ford	...	Alex O'Connell
Isabella Leong	...	Lin
Anthony Chau-Sang Wong	...	General Yang (as Chau Sang Anthony Wong)
Russell Wong	...	Ming Guo
Liam Cunningham	...	Maguire
David Calder	...	Roger Wilson
Jessey Meng	...	Choi
Tian Liang	...	Li Zhou
Albert Kwan	...	Chu Wah
Jing Wu	...	Assassin

Storyline

Centuries ago, the evil Emperor Han was cursed by the sorceress Zi Yuan who transformed him and his army into mummies. In 1946, the explorer Rick O'Connell and his wife Evelyn O'Connell are invited by the British government to take a relic, the diamond "The Eye of Shangri-La" to China. The ancient stone is capable of resurrecting the Emperor Han and of pointing the way to Shangri-La and the eternal pool of life. When the couple reaches China, they meet their son Alex O'Connell, who has discovered the tomb of Han, and Evelyn's brother Jonathan Carnahan. The O'Connells are betrayed by their friend Prof. Roger Wilson, who is associated with General Yang. Yang wants to serve Emperor Han, so he resurrects the mummy and they head for Shangri-La. The guardian of Han's tomb (and Zi's daughter) Lin tells them that the only ways to destroy Han are to prevent him from reaching Shangri-La or by stabbing his heart with a cursed dagger.

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Plot Keywords:

shared universe | 3rd century b.c. | 20th century | oxfordshire south east englend | motor car | 

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Taglines:

A New Evil Awakens.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for adventure action and violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Maria Bello, after taking over the Evy Carnahan role, she dyed her hair to auburn, to slightly look like her predecessor, Rachel Weisz, although Bello is natural blonde.

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Goofs

The bullet Evelyn pulls from her mouth is compressed, as though it had struck a solid object. A close-range shot would have passed straight through a trout, unless it first went through water on the way to the trout.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: [narrating] Long ago, a mythic battle between good and evil played out in ancient China. The country was torn by civil war, with many kingdoms struggling for land and power. But one king had a ruthless ambition to make himself emperor by the sword.

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Crazy Credits

The Universal Studios logo doesn't stop as normal, instead the title fades out from the revolving globe and the camera begins zooming in over the Atlantic Ocean and hovers over China as an on-screen graphic is shown displaying the separate feudal states of China around 350 BC, each labeled in Chinese characters. The dividing lines disappear and then the Chinese characters all merge together into two characters that then change to the English word: CHINA.

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Connections

Referenced in American Style (2008)

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Soundtracks

My Sweet Eternal Love
Lyrics by Rob Cohen
Music by Randy Edelman
Performed by Helen Feng

User Reviews

Not as good as the previous two

I was very excited about the movie. I thought the first two mummy films were great and entertaining. Before watching The Mummy 3, I thought it looked bigger and better than the previous two. After walking out of the theater, I completely change my opinion. I was disappointed with the story, acting, and action. Yes, the action.

Rick O'Connell (Bredan Fraser) is back to fight off a resurrected mummy named Emperor Han (Jet Li). Rick is joined by his son Alex (Luke Ford), wife Evelyn (Maria Bello) and Jonathan (John Hannah). They travel all the way to China and the frigid Himalayas in order to stop the mummy from conquering the world. But in order to complete his mission, Emperor Han awakes a massive 10,000 warriors (Terracota army) to finished the job once and for all. The O'Connells are up against an unstoppable army and an evil Emperor that will do anything to get the job done.

The story was very interesting, but the script was not. I thought they should had focus more on the mummy than Alex's life. I felt like Jet Li didn't have enough screen time or even just the mummy. Another thing that I felt a bit disappointed was the beginning of the movie. I liked how they were introducing Emperor Han and how everything started, but it felt like a documentary after a while.

I had mix reactions about the performance in the movie. I didn't have any problem with Fraser's performance. He fits his character and he was great in The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. Maria Bello was not as good as I thought she would be. She did okay, but the accent was kind of weird at times though.

The action and special effects was probably the best thing in the movie. The action sequences were very good, but I thought they could have been better though. I wanted to see longer battles. Like a longer version of Jet Li fighting Michelle Yeoh and Brendan Fraser at the end of the movie. I thought Jet Li should off had a big fight with Fraser. It was suppose to be an epic one-on-one fight, but it fell short. The special effects were good and believable. I didn't have no major problem with the effects what so ever.

The Mummy 3 was a fun movie to watch, but the film has it's flaws. If the the script was better, then I would have given the movie higher rating. While I'm not that interested for the next movie, I am curious to see how it turns out.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA Germany China Canada

Language:

English Mandarin Sanskrit

Release Date:

1 August 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Rick O'Connell Adventure

Filming Locations:

Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, England

Box Office

Budget:

$145,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$40,457,770, 3 August 2008

Gross USA:

$102,491,776

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$403,449,830

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, The Sommers Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS DTS (DTS: X)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1