The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

3/10

Dear fictional character Rick O'Connell, you can't roll your eyes about a magic knife being the only thing to kill a raised-from-the-dead emperor if you've already lived through two other unreal adventures.

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08/27/08

N/A

I know The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is nothing more than a popcorn movie... But even silly pop movies have standards and this one falls short of those.

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08/12/08

C-

It's one thing to make a film for the pre-teen market, it's quite another to make a film that sounds like it was written by one.

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08/11/08

N/A

Although the formula remains much the same tanna leave concoction as before, there are a indeed few new wrinkles on the dessicated old corpse, just enough to make this pleasant popcorn movie for viewers seeking action and adventure.

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08/08/08

6/10

...passable popcorn entertainment, it's just disappointing that they couldn't find anything new or original.

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08/08/08

2.5/4

A crazy-quilt comic book with Michelle Yeoh as a sorceress, a tribe of Abominable Snowmen, a visit to Shangri-La, a three-headed dragon, and Hong Kong's most honored actor, Anthony Wong, as a nutcase general. Kids should love it

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08/08/08

2/5

Hopefully one day we'll be able to sue for experiences like this. Until then just avoid them - because if you don't, Rob Cohen will keep making them.

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08/08/08

1.5/5

None of the action sequences generate any excitement at all and the in-between stuff is so wilfully nutty that it falls completely flat.

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08/08/08

2/5

Disappointing threequel with a badly written script, irritating characters, dodgy CGI work, a miscast Maria Bello and an underused Jet Li.

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08/08/08

2/5

The whole thing, despite its decent start and $100 million, looks a bit of a mess to me. An entertaining one, no doubt, for those who love the franchise, but a bore for those who don't much care but would have preferred a more well organised film

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08/08/08

1/5

This reawakens but doesn't reinvigorate a franchise that was already curling at the edges seven years ago, with The Mummy Returns.

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08/08/08

2/5

If you wanted to be totally accurate it should be The Mummy With The Same Formula As Before Except In China And Without Any Mummies. It’s only slightly less catchy than the current title.

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08/08/08

N/A

Easily the summer’s feeblest blockbuster, this isn’t even one the kids will enjoy, thanks to a dry-as-dust first half and a final hour that could be marketed as a cure for insomnia.

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08/08/08

N/A

Mindless popcorn movies are fine, as long as they're inventive and don't treat their audience like idiots. But this one isn't, and does.

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08/08/08

5/10

Better than Mummy Returns, not as good as The Mummy but still worth a look.

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08/08/08

1/5

Dumb, inept and more than a little dull, this lacklustre blockbuster suggests it’s time to put The Mummy back in its sarcophagus. If The Scorpion King’s anything to go by, though, those bloody Yetis will probably get their own spin-off.

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08/08/08

N/A

In terms of originality, this Mummy is dead on its feet. And no matter what their nationality, everyone struggles with the generally awful dialogue.

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08/08/08

N/A

I can think of almost nothing good to say about the film, except that I enjoyed it immensely.

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08/08/08

1/5

The Mummy franchise now really is dead, dead, dead. It is so dead, it could win gold at the Dead Olympics, establishing a new British and Commonwealth record in the 400m decomposition event.

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08/08/08

3/5

It’s no masterpiece, but for good-natured escapism, the latest Mummy adventure gives Indiana a run for his money.

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08/08/08