The third and so far the last one of the Mummy movies. 2008. Director: Rob Cohen.
A long time ago in China, the Dragon Emperor (Jet Li) was the leader of the greatest army of all time, and he was very powerful. But he wanted more. He wanted to become imortal. The old but beautiful witch, Zi Yuan (Michelle Yeoh), can help him. But when he kills her love, general Ming (Russell Wong), she curses him and his army to become burned alive and trapped inside shells of terracotta.
Later, in 1946, Alex O'Connell (Luke Ford) and some others locate the tomb of the Dragon Emperor. His parents (Brendan Fraser and Maria Bello) are living a silent, and very boring, life in England. But when they are persuaded to take a magic thing called The Eye of Shangri La to Shanghai, the adventure begins.
This movie is entertaining, but sometimes to stupid to be good. The scenes where Rick and Evy lives in England are really funny, and then there's some moments in Shanghai where you can laugh a bit. But after that, it's not so very funny anymore.
Jackie Chan is really funny, and performs great stunts in his movies. Jet Li do great stunts too, but he's extremely boring. A real killjoy. He's a terrible actor and the without any talents as a comedian or as an actor, his stunts are not very entertaining to watch.
The fact that Luke Ford is just 13 years younger then Brendan Fraser, who's playing his father, is a bit disturbing. They should have chosen another actor to play Alex O'Connell. Luke Ford doesn't feel right. He's not convincing as the caracter.
I feel a bit sad because Rachel Weisz didn't want to return as Evy in this movie. Maria Bello is not near being as good as Weisz. They're not so very alike. Not in the way that they act on screen, or how they look. But it's nice that John Hannah is starring here too, because he's really funny.
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