The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (DVD) Reviews

  This is the third in the series of "Mummy" movies starting Brendan Fraser. The best way of enjoying this film is to look at it as a film on its own. Sadly by comparing it to previous mummy movies only leads to disappointment.  Brendan Fraser reprises the role of Rick O 'Connell well, even though the character seems very out ...  Read the complete review

I loved the first two films in this series mainly because I loved the interaction between the two main characters Evie and Rick. It was not till I started watching this film that I realised that they had replaced Rachel Weisz with some other woman (Rachel probably saw the script and declined - clever girl.) Maria Bello (who the hell is she!!). I ...  Read the complete review

If you thought the Scorpion King was bad you've seen nothing yet. What were they thinking when they made this film?! It's like they thought of all the bad things they could make into a film and put it in this one. I mean there were Yeti's in this film! Protecting the good guys because some girl could speak yeti and called to them for help! I mean ...  Read the complete review

Rob Cohen's The Mummy series has never been the pinnacle of high entertainment, and whilst this is the most toothless and banal of the films yet, it's still palatable Summer entertainment, largely because of Brendan Frasier's presence as Rick O'Connell, and some pretty crackling set pieces. The film begins as Rick O'Connell's (Fraser) ...  Read the complete review

Rob Cohen directs the latest installment of the mummy franchise with this action and adventure film, THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR. The film centres around the O'Connell family, Rick played by Brendan Fraser and his wife Evelyn played by Maria Bello. Together with their son Alex played by Luke Ford and a fantastic performance by ...  Read the complete review

This the third in the mummy films and this time it is slightly different as it is set in China. Han becomes the first emperor of china by defeating all his enemies. He sets about building the great wall of china and in the process buries his enemies under it. Han curses his buried enemies with holding up the wall for eternity. Hans ...  Read the complete review

The Plot Rick and Evelyn O'Connell have retired, after years of excitement and adventure they've decided to hang up their boots and opt for the quite life of book clubs and fishing. That is until her majesties government ask them to do just one little favour. A simple task, all they have to do is take the Eye of Shangri-la back to ...  Read the complete review

The army of undead is not strictly mummies (I don't think...) and it is such a shame not to have Rachel Weisz back for this franchise. One of the best things about the previous two installments was Weisz's extraordinary chemistry with Brendan Fraser. You can tell that Maria Bello, who has been given the tough challenge of filling Weisz's shoes, is ...  Read the complete review

I watched this film on DVD at a friend's house, and given that I quite enjoyed the first two films, I must admit I had high expectations of it. Story If you've not seen the first two films and want to see these in sequence, this review probably has spoilers. I guess the existence of the third film counts as a spoiler ...  Read the complete review

The third enstallment of the Mummy series showed an interesting change of scene from the pyramids and tombs of Egypt seen in the first two films. The O'Connells are drawn out of retirement when appointed the task of taking a relic diamond to China by the British government. Their son, Alex O'Connell, played by Luke Ford, discovers the tomb ...  Read the complete review

As a massive fan of the Mummy series of films, I was incredibly disappointed by this film! I had been looking forward to this film for about 4/5 years and could not believe when they had replaced one of the major actors, Rachel Weisz for Maria Bello. Rachel had so much chemistry with Brendan Fraser but Bello has none whatsoever and it just seems ...  Read the complete review

Think back to the orginal mummy film, and you have a classic! Think back to it's sequel, and you get a pretty good blockbuster, and hence looking forward to this one, i was expecting a moderately good blockbuster, and thats pretty much what i got. Not great, but in no way bad or unbearable. This is a film for those who like lots of over ...  Read the complete review

I was a fan of the first two Mummy films so decided to add this one to my rentals list and watched it recently. It starts off in China with a powerful emperor who is power hungry and wants to conquer everything, including death so he sends his general and loyal friend to find a powerful witch who it is said is able to make people ...  Read the complete review

Who is Stephen Sommers and who for that matter is Rob Cohen? These men are film directors. They are not the kind of director that is going to win an Oscar anytime, or even make a decent film. They specialise in popcorn action flicks that mostly suck. Between the two of them I can name one good film and one decent one - 'The Mummy' and 'Dragon: ...  Read the complete review

Having enjoyed the brilliamt Mummy original back in 1999 and sort of enjoyed the lesser sequel 'The Mummy Returns' in 2001, I was hoping for a promising and gripping conclusion to the trilogy, alas I was left disappointed. Here is why. The plot: The adventurers are already in the throws of retirement but are soon ...  Read the complete review

I kept seeing this film previewed at the cinema & thought the trailer looked quite good so I finally decided to watch it, only problem is the trailer seems to be the best bit about the film! This film is flat out awful and its probably the worse sequel I have seen. The visual effects were not brilliant to say the least. If there was ...  Read the complete review

Oh god. The Mummy 3. They really didnt have to, did they? The previous Mummy films werent too bad, easy to watch and quite enjoyable. I reckon this is the only film I've seen where I've fallen asleep in the cinema only to be woken by some more crap dialogue. The story is weak, and the CGI/special effects arent even that ...  Read the complete review

"A New Evil Awakens" Directed by Rob Cohen, 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor' is the third installment of the popular series of films starring Brendan Fraser as explorer Rick O'Connell. This time around, the action is based in the Far-East, where the Teracotta Army - contolled by the evil Emperor Han (Jet Li) have risen ...  Read the complete review

I always knew I would be biased - I just fancy Brendan Fraser too much not to be, but even I can't honestly give it 5 stars. There are some great fight scenes, some superb special effects and beautiful cinematography. Add a dash of that hunky Brendan, a pinch of quirky humour and Jet Li's martial arts skills and the only thing that lets you down ...  Read the complete review

I've seen so many bad reviews and bad press for this film, I was completely and utterly convinced it had to be crap. I mean really crap. Turns out it's not, and the human race has been bodysnatched by a bunch of sequel-hating aliens. Thankfully, as one of the last remaining survivors, I can still see sense. This film is awesome! Obviously not one ...  Read the complete review