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Bookmark this pageThe Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
Director: Rob Cohen
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From Time Out London
Making the farcical tenor of the recent Indiana Jones film feel like a paragon of dramatic and archaeological integrity, this phoned-in action threequel doesn’t even have the good grace to deliver on its title and feature any mummies (‘Reanimated Clay Statue’ doesn’t quite have the same ring to it).An increasingly tired-looking Brendan Fraser dusts off the boots and bomber jacket as Rick ‘Ricochet’ O’Connell, this time heading to China with thrillseeking missus Evy (Maria Bello) to deliver an artefact to a museum, only to be ambushed by a tyrannical general who wants to resurrect the long-dead Dragon Emperor (Jet Li) to, well… who knows why? John Hannah reprises his role as stock babbling twit while newcomer Luke Ford – an eminently slappable 1970s waxwork of Matt Damon – crops up as Rick’s annoyingly impetuous son Alex.
Creating the sense that one eye seems to have been on the film’s potential for computer-game spin-offs, with the other on the prospect of interactive museum tie-ins, Rob Cohen’s pallid direction, combined with a script packed with groan-worthy quips and dimestore mysticism, merely drags the characters from point A to point B. The humour, fun and B-movie self-depreciation of the first two chapters are also woefully absent.
Author: David Jenkins
Time Out London Issue 1981 August 7 - 13, 2008
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- Posted on Aug 07 2008 19:24 good film
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- Posted on Aug 07 2008 13:17 changed my mind...
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- Posted on Aug 07 2008 13:16 i've seen better, including pokemon the movie!! seriously don't watch it. brap. aiii!
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- Posted on Aug 07 2008 13:16 i've seen better, including pokemon the movie!! seriously don't watch it. brap. aiii!
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Cast & crew
Director: Rob Cohen
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, Luke Ford, John Hannah, Michelle Yeoh full cast
Rated: 12A
Duration: 112 mins
UK Release: Aug 8 2008
US Release: Aug 1 2008
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