The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008, Movie) – 4/10 review

Director: Rob Cohen Writer: Alfred Gough Writer: Miles Millar Brendan Fraser: Rick O’Connell Jet Li: Emperor Maria Bello: Evelyn O’Connell John Hannah: Jonathan Carnahan Luke Ford: Alex O’Connell Anthony Wong: General Yang Isabella Leong: Lin Liam Cunningham: Maguire David Calder: Roger Wilson Russell Wong: Ming Guo Michelle Yeoh: Zi Yuan

Mummy, The: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) 4/10 One wonders how filmmakers take such so much money and spectacle and still produce an entirely forgettable action movie. You wonder if the writers, producers or director ever stopped and said "You know, we could do better with all these resources" or whether they just said "Rick-ochet O’Connell. Get it? How amazing is that?" and left the screenplay there. Now I really liked the yeti’s and the undead armies and, as usual, the visual effects for them and all the Emperor monsters (and all the film) are terrific. So why doesn’t it matter? Why doesn’t it add up to thrills or entertainment? The most obvious is the charmless characterisation of all our supposed heroes, especially the ‘looks like his dad’s brother’ Luke Ford as irritating newcomer Alex O’Connell and ‘looks like her husband’s mum’ Maria Bello as a wandering occasional Rachel Weisz impersonator. This movie contains mild swear words and extended extreme fantasy violence, gun violence, blade violence, extremely unpleasant scenes. Classified 12A by BBFC. Persons under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.