A 2008 english movie. Third in the famous mummy series, and the story happens 14 years after the second part. but take my word, not as impressive as the previous two. Brendan Fraser plays the role of Rick O'Connell, Jet Li as Emperor Han, Maria Bello as Evelyn (not the same cast as in the previous films) and Luke Ford as Alex O'Connell. Those who have watched the second part might not have forgotten about Alex O'Connell, a smart little kid. He is now grown up and follows his dads way, but i'm sure he lost his charm.
Alex decides to follow the path shown by his dad and succeeds in bringing out the dragon emperor's tomb from under the desert. At this time, the British Government assigns O'Connell Senior who is now enjoying a retirement life, for a mission in China. The mission was to return to the Chinese government the Eye of Shangri-La which originally belonged to China, but was kept in the British Museum. O'Connell reaches the Chinese museum with his wife Evelyn where the dragon emperor was brought in by his son. They didn knew that this egg is capable of resurrecting the dragon emperor who is now under a curse. The dragon emperor got the curse from a witch Zi Yuan while he was trying to become immortal, and got converted to statues. General Yang was a general in the Chinese army and he believes that only the dragon emperor can save this world. With the help of the chief of the Chinese museum, the general captures the Eye brought in by O'Connell and resurrects the Dragon Emperor. And the fight starts. Rest is almost same as that of the previous films. And in guest appearence are three yetis (monkey/bear like creatures that are believed to be existing in the Himalayas) which came in time to save O'Connell's team from the dragon emperor and his general during a fight in the Himalayas. The last fight of the film is between the army of the dragon emperor and the mummies of the people who were killed by him. Meanwhile the emperor has attained immortality from the pool of Shangri La in the Himalayas. But by sacrificing the immortality of herself and her daughter Lin, Zi Yuan makes him mortal again.
the witch is later killed by the emperor, but she somehow manages to get a knife which is the only way to kill the king. Followed by this there is a fight between the O'Connells on one side and the emperor on the other, and in the end the emperor is killed by the O'Connells.
The film is not as interesting as the previous versions. You will feel really bored in most of the first half. The second half starts with a strong fight sequence, but doesnt last long. It was in this fight sequence that they brought in a trio of Yeti's to help the O'Connells and its effects are worth
mentioning. There is also a good amount of comedy, mainly by Jonathan(John Hannah) which contributed a lot in not making the film utter boring. And for those who are going to watch the movie to see more from Brenden Fraser, i've got bad news. He is not there for long, and his son is given equal importance. Also Mrs. O'Connell is casted by a different actress and it didn work out well as in the previous movies, thats what i think. I dont recommend you to go to the theatre and watch the movie. Try some other methods. :-)
My Ratings : Yawn (**)
Saturday, August 9, 2008
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