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A curse brings back the dragon emperor, leaving O'Connel and his family to prevent him from ruling the world.
The first two mummy films were extremely fun, and packed a whole lot of replay value, giving me a reason to purchase them. They weren't the most intelligent of films, nor the most well put together one's, but they remained classics to me, my friends and family for years and years. The action was great, and the main character Rick O'Connel (Brendan Fraser) was a real hero, who kicked plenty of ass. I thought of him as one of the greatest action stars out there. The plot was pretty good, and relatively basic at that. They were very easy to follow, not to complex and really fun to watch. Just your action packed "Indiana Jones" type movie, but obviously not as good. The character chemistry really brought both movies together as well.
When I heard Rick O'Connel was returning for a third film, I was no doubt excited about it, and was expecting another fun filled adventure. Unfortunately, about fifteen minutes into the film, I realized that was not going to happen. Why make a third film? Is it to completely murder a fun series? I mean, seven years after The Mummy Returns is a little late to bring it back. Or at least if it was brought back, I would have expected a lot more. The story was ridiculous, unoriginal, and I am sorry to say stupid. I really didn't want the mummy series to continue that way, but it did. The good old O'Connel wasn't there it seemed. His quirky remarks and bad-ass look wasn't non-existent as well. It just seemed like the producers and the director pushed this film to be good. Trying everything from dragons and giant snow creatures, to adding Jet Li to the mix. Indeed they were trying to do good for the series, but it all in all made it worse.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was an unnecessary sequel full of over the top special effects with far too much CGI, a dull story, and absolutely no classic character chemistry brought back from the first two. I miss the originals!
3.5/10
