The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Now why did I like this movie? It was just plain dumb fun, is why. It is absurd and preposterous, and proud of it.

Now why did I like this movie? It was just plain dumb fun, is why. It is absurd and preposterous, and proud of it.

This Mummy movie is really two movies: a good adventure epic, with all the Chinese people, and a wan one, with O'Connells and the other the Westerners.

After an hour of inert exposition, a race through Shanghai gooses the movie alive. Then it plunges back into torpor.

The movie bogs down in tiresome good guys vs. bad guys action cliches.

After an hour of inert exposition, a race through Shanghai gooses the movie alive. Then it plunges back into torpor.

Though the new film has some good things, it does not have enough of them to make the third time the charm.

Though the new film has some good things, it does not have enough of them to make the third time the charm.

Feels perfunctory and obligatory and, despite the return of several familiar characters, is more like an afterthought than an organic third piece of a trilogy puzzle.

Despite exotic locations, epic cinematography, and much spectacular crash and bang, this "Mummy" feels like a threadbare toss-off.