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
"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.
The only film that has ever made me walk out of the cinema. It almost made me walk out of my own house..
This was one of those movies that was so dull that I had time to nitpick all the little problems going on.
Let’s talk about Luke Ford. Is it really so hard to just put on a British accent? It’s not the hardest accent to fake, even if it sounds way too posh like Maria Bello’s one (I’ll get on to her in a second). The kid was doing some sort of American Australian hybrid. If he can’t even do an accent other than his native one, then what is he doing in a movie like this? Why was he cast? It’s not as if he’s a particularly good actor. Everytime he spoke I cringed... nobody has that accent.
And…
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
I remember in 7th grade when I was so excited for this. Some of my friends saw it first and said it was horrible. I waited a decade, thinking that I was ready for this experience. This is definitely In my 5 worst movies of all time, which is too bad because I love the first one 😔
I still love Batiatus though 🤣
This was one of those movies that was so dull that I had time to nitpick all the little problems going on.
Let’s talk about Luke Ford. Is it really so hard to just put on a British accent? It’s not the hardest accent to fake, even if it sounds way too posh like Maria Bello’s one (I’ll get on to her in a second). The kid was doing some sort of American Australian hybrid. If he can’t even do an accent other than his native one, then what is he doing in a movie like this? Why was he cast? It’s not as if he’s a particularly good actor. Everytime he spoke I cringed... nobody has that accent.
And…
1/2 a star for Brendan Fraser. Why change the main actress - totally spoilt it!
I know a lot of people hate this, but the first 2 weren't really that great to begin with. So, much like the first 2, if you just turn your brain off, you might enjoy it.
A very bland and inessential final installment to The Mummy trilogy. Brendan Fraser and John Hannah are still fun to watch but the lack of returning actors is very noticeable, especially the replacement of Rachel Weisz. Maria Bello is fine but her chemistry with Fraser just isn't there. It also doesn't help that the rest of the movie isn't good either. The action relies heavily on awful CGI and humor that mostly doesn't land. I watched it a few hours ago and I already don't remember what It was about. Super unengaging and forgettable.
I remember in 7th grade when I was so excited for this. Some of my friends saw it first and said it was horrible. I waited a decade, thinking that I was ready for this experience. This is definitely In my 5 worst movies of all time, which is too bad because I love the first one 😔
I still love Batiatus though 🤣
Rounding out the trilogy with this mess. Bland, formulaic, boring. Jet Li makes for a poor substitute for Arnold Vosloo’s Imhotep. Recasting Evie should never have happened. If Rachel Weisz wasn’t on board, all they had to do was say Evie was elsewhere doing a talk on her experiences with the mummy, & make Maria Bello’s character an expert on the dragon emperor or something. Bello & Fraser have absolutely no chemistry together, nor do they have any sort of connection with their son.
I get the idea behind this, moving the franchise beyond Imhotep, but it just falls flat. And in a year that saw both Iron Man & The Dark Knight grace our screens, The Mummy just doesn’t cut it.
Tobias Andersen 5,011 films
Rules: Generate a number (from 1 to x) via: www.random.org
See how many number of films there are in the…
Luke Pauli 3,659 films
All the films mentioned by name in Kim Newman's definitive encyclopedia of horror films, Nightmare Movies. Well worth a read.…
johnch 1,415 films
