Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to pursue a quest for world domination. This time, O'Connell enlists the help of his wife and son to quash the so-called 'Dragon Emperor' and his abuse of supernatural power.
Universal Pictures China Film Co-Production Corporation Relativity Media Alphaville Films Sommers Company, The
The only film that has ever made me walk out of the cinema. It almost made me walk out of my own house..
"Here we go again..."
Who needs Rachel Weisz?
Who needs decent special effects?
Who needs an engaging plot?
Hell, who even needs a fucking mummy?!
This did.
Desperately.
Stupid and fun just like the other two. The effects were way better here, but unfortunately, the humor lacked the charm of the first two, and the recast actors were not as good or consistent.
Universal. Blu-Ray
2.35:1
Color
35mm
12
"I hate mummies"
The shift of tone is by far one of the biggest issues with this third outing. It completely disregards any horror element and focuses on physical comedy, which just doesn't work well with the franchise at all. Ultimately, this leads to an absolute disaster in character development. Fraser is a complete contrast to his previous incarnations. The re-casting with Bello doesn't necessarily ruin the film but doesn't add anything new. The action sequences are good, big in spectacle and look great with some decent CGI but that's really all the film offers.
37
Why try and replace Rachel? Why not just kill her off off-screen or something. Other than that this movie is a masterpiece, a love-letter to everything these characters have done together. Li is a fun-as-all-hell villain, the effects are great, the change of setting is much needed as well. Yeti's, terracotta armies, fountains of youth, it is all so much fun, and I will love it until the end of time.
Also, come on Letterboxd, 2.1 just feels mean.
"Oh, wow. So bad. But in the so-bad-it's-good sort of way. I actually ended up enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would going in�"
C-
It starts out fun. I mean I love any film that's Indiana jones esk. Searching tombs finding treasures. But it gets too goofy this film. Yeti's and stuff. Idk. Not as good as the other two mummy films.
I love the hubris of big studios sequel bating in even the shittiest entries of dying franchises. Nice try, Universal.
[English/ Spanish review]
Everything that made the two previous films 'special' (in my case, particularly The Mummy Returns) had already vanished for this contractual third entry set in China. No atmosphere, no adventure, no discernible plot, no creativity (Xian warriors.... Really?), not a hint of clever humour.... Everything, including references, are routine (I'm yawning while writing 'Indiana Jones and the temple of Doom'). Maria Bello can't make us forget Rachel Weisz, but this is the least of the problems here. Any star goes for the chinese cast, particularly Isabella Leong and the great Michelle Yeoh.
When Brendan Fraser or John Hannah say 'I hate mummies' they probably refered to franchise exhaustion.
Todo lo que hacía 'especiales' a las anteriores films…
Stupid and fun just like the other two. The effects were way better here, but unfortunately, the humor lacked the charm of the first two, and the recast actors were not as good or consistent.
Péssimo filme de uma franquia que estava agradando muito ao público e rendendo muito aos executivos.
Esse filme matou os próximos projetos e a atriz Maria Bello que substituiu a Rachel Weisz no papel de Evelyn foi um desastre juntamente com o roteiro e a ação do filme
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