Posted on Tuesday, 12th August 2008 by Rob
Ok, so let’s get this out of the way right off: Rachel Weisz isn’t in the movie. Instead, her character, Evie O’Connell is played my Maria Bello. It is distracting, it is annoying (especially during scenes that Weisz would have played much, much better), but it is a fairly minor part of the flick.
Actually, let’s start out by me admitting to really enjoying the first two Mummy movies. I tend to like Brendan Fraser (this is goodwill going back to Encino Man), so I was predisposed to liking these movies. I thought the Rick O’Connell character had a lot of possibilities and even hoped for a series of movies in the Indiana Jones vein. What I got was more Mummy movies, while not bad, were not quite living up to the lofty expectations I had on the series. So, I enjoyed the first one quite a bit and I thought the second one was pretty good, too. My only real issue with the second installment was the kid.
It’s no secret that when a kid is introduced in a series, be it film or television, it doesn’t bode well. The Mummy Returns was no exception. I didn’t want to see the adventures of Rick O’Connell and Son, so I was pleased when I found that the son was all grown up in the third installment. My wife was a bit distracted by the fact that the kid had aged 10-15 years but his father hadn’t. That didn’t bother me, all I cared about was not having a little kid running around getting in the way.
The plot basically involves the retired Ma & Pa O’Connell longing for the life of adventure that they’ve given up. The British government wants them to return a precious artifact to China and they agree since Jonathon (Evie’s brother from the first two films) owns a nightclub there. Forunately, their son has dropped out of school and is busy digging up lost emperors in China, too. In a minor quibble, I’m not sure the Emperor qualifies as a mummy, but I’m far from an expert on the subject. So, the O’Connells all get together, the Emperor comes back to life and just like old times, they’ve got to stop him. And that’s pretty much it in a nutshell.
The effects were pretty good and the locations were suitably exotic. The acting was what you’d expect from a ripoff of the old serial movies: things were over the top, but not too cartoony. Now, this isn’t going to go down as a cinematic masterpiece, but I didn’t feel ripped off for paying to see it and that’s really about all I ask from a summer popcorn flick. I just want to sit there for 90-120 minutes and be mindlessly entertained and this film didn’t let me down in that department.
Ultimately your opinion of this movie is going to be flavored by your opinion of the first two. If you didn’t like them, I doubt this film will change your mind. But if you did enjoy them, then you’ll be alright with this one. True, it stumbles a bit (they could have gotten by without having Evie in the film at all, really), but if you don’t try and take it too seriously, you should have a good time.
Tags: Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
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