Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

The first and second Mummy movies are my absolute favorites. What were the directors thinking when they made this? he directing, plot, and acting in this was bad. I know Evelyn turned down the script but replacing her was still bad. She had no chemistry with her son, in my opinion.What I did like was Jonathan staying in character and the special effects. Some of the action scenes were good.

The original The Mummy (1999) with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz was a bang-up success, its sequel The Mummy Returns (2001) not quite so much, its spinoff The Scorpion King (2002) even less, and now a decade later we have Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008). Actually, it's not bad as popcorn entertainment which doesn't aim terribly high but delivers the goods that you more or less expect. For the purposes I used it for (something to watch in instalments while I was exercising at home), it worked fine.All the standard tropes of Mummy-type films are on display and the plot motors through them with a kind of cheerful energy: discovery of an ancient Chinese tomb, awakening of the evil Emperor (Jet Li) who, of course, intends to rule the world once again, an army of his undead soldiers, Shangri-La and a pool of eternal life, lots of kung-fu action, young romance. Brendon Fraser is back as the square-jawed Rick thrust not entirely willingly back into crazy adventuring, but Maria Bello replaces Rachel Weisz as wife/adventure-partner Evelyn who, after some initial resistance, plunges fully back into action-hero mode along with him. I though Bello did fine, but Weisz in the original pair of movies had an extra degree of charisma that is lacking here.The young-romance leads here are filled by Rick and Evelyn's now-adult son Alex (wholesomely handsome Luke Ford), a chip off the old devil-may-care block, and Lin (the beautiful Isabella Leong), secretly the immortal daughter of the custodian of the Pool of Immortality --- really, the only way to pick up on all the plot complexities is to go watch it on Netflix. Smaller but fun parts are filled by the always-welcome Michelle Yeoh as Lin's mother, and Liam Cunningham as crazy bush pilot Mad Dog Maguire. John Hannah is back as Eveyn's brother, the unrepentedly venal though inept Jonathan, but the third time around his character has become pretty much a bore. There are some surprising "guest stars" in the form of three Himalayan yetis, who are great fun. In the end this whole thing probably falls victim to its own complexity and lack of anything really new, but it's a good cast and a fun ride. Incidentally, pay attention to the end credits. They show fun graphics versions of the characters, along with a nice, driving, energetic score by composer Randy Edelman.

The Mummy Returns lacks what made the previous entries enjoyable.Director Stephen Sommers who reminded you nit to take the movie too seriously.Rob Cohen's direction is too serious for a movie about an ancient mummy that comes to life and wrecks havoc for a really vague purposeRachel Weisz,she was the heart of these movies and had great chemistry with Fraser that made you root for them in whatever silly situation they were in. Her Presence is really noticeable. There's a scene where her replacement tries to seduce Fraser's character and he falls asleep.You get the feeling she is trying too hardThe thing that makes this sequel is because its trying too hard to be so many things.It tries too borrow the father son dynamic from Indiana Jones 3 without understanding what made work.It rehashes the plot if the previous entries without improving on it and lacking their charm but HEY its better than the misfire that was (MUMMY 2017)

This is the third and last movie of "The Mummy" trilogy. It had a big budget and kept (at least) one of the actors from the previous films (Brendan Fraser) but it cut with everything that had been done before, with a new cast and a story set in China instead of Egypt. The plot has moments of solidity in which it promises good entertainment, but everything falls apart due to the poor development of the story and poor work of the director and the generality of the actors. The best is undoubtedly sets and an excellent cinematography, but this isn't enough to make it good. Jet Li is the best actor here, achieving a very strong performance, but I don't know how much he has benefited with the weak participation of the remaining cast. Even Fraser was far from what we saw in two previous films! The film is loaded with poor quality CGI, too evident to deserve any credibility. Soundtrack is acceptable but doesn't have brilliance and doesn't stay in the ear. The film tries to maintain usual humorous comic strips we've seen in the previous two films, but it's such a weak humor that it's not funny, just stupid.