The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

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The Mummy franchise was quite strong until the release of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
I could attempt to come up with a more poetic way of stating this, but why bother?
It’s not a very good film.
Yes. It has some fantastic special effects.
Yes. It has quite a good cast, though I really do wish Rachel Weisz had come back. Brendan Fraser does not seem to gel as well on screen with Maria Bello.
The problem doesn’t really lie with the cast. They obviously didn’t have that much to work with.
No. It is not anything as funny as the first two films or even the offshoot, The Scorpion King.
Maybe this is all due to the change of director and writers?
Stephen Sommers knew how to make us laugh.
Rob Cohen may get you to jump out of your seat from time to time, but it’s just not the same thing.
Would I recommend it?
Maybe if you are really bored. Yes, I will be buying the DVD (or bluray), but that’s more for the sake of completion than anything else. Watch the first two films and then you can see how truly woeful this film is.

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