The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

Director:

Rob Cohen

Writers (WGA):

Alfred Gough (written by) &
Miles Millar (written by)

Release Date:

1 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

A New Evil Awakens.

Plot:

In the Far East, trouble-seeking father-and-son duo Rick and Alex O'Connell unearth the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin -- a shape-shifting entity who was cursed by a wizard centuries ago. |

Plot Keywords:

Melting Face | No Opening Credits | Undead | Tommy Gun | Tomb

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Cast

Brendan Fraser	...	Rick O'Connell
Jet Li	...	Emperor Han
Maria Bello	...	Evelyn O’Connell
John Hannah	...	Jonathan Carnahan
Michelle Yeoh	...	Zi Juan
Luke Ford	...	Alex O'Connell
Isabella Leong	...	Lin
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang	...	General Yang (as Chau Sang Anthony Wong)
Russell Wong	...	General Ming Guo
Liam Cunningham	...	Mad Dog Maguire
David Calder	...	Prof. Roger Wilson
Jessey Meng	...	Choi
Tian Liang	...	Li Zhou
Albert Kwan	...	Chu Wah
Jacky Wu	...	Assassin #1 (as Wu Jing)

Also Known As:

Momie - La tombe de l'empereur dragon, La (Canada: French title)
Mumie - Das Grabmal des Drachenkaisers, Die (Germany)
The Mummy 3 (USA) (informal title)
Untitled Rick O'Connell Adventure (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for adventure action and violence.

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

Germany | Canada | USA

Language:

English | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-13 | Norway:11 | Germany:12 | Malaysia:U | Sweden:11 | Brazil:12 | UK:12A | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:12 | USA:PG-13 CORRECT: REPLACE WITH: (certificate #44602) | Hong Kong:IIA | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:13 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:PG | Ireland:12A | Canada:14A (British Columbia)

Filming Locations:

Beijing, China

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

The crossbow traps in the tomb scene are also based in reality. Actually, one of the reasons why the terracotta army diggings are going so slowly is that, according to Chinese archaeologists, the site is filled with traps similar to the ones depicted in the movie.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The drum set featured in the nightclub scenes is a modern set, rather than one from the 1930's. Some of the hardware (cymbal stands, etc.) in this set was not available until the 1980's.

Quotes:

Mad Dog Maguire: I'd tell you to fasten your seatbelts, but I was too cheap to buy any.
[laughs]
Rick O'Connell: [laughs] Why am I laughing?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (#15.12)" (2008)

Terrible cash in by all involved.

I was able to see this film about a month ago in a preview screening and to put it in kind words, its terrible. Jet Li is about the only good thing about the film but he's hardly in it. Brendan Fraser was phoning in his performance and looked if he was waiting from a call from his agent to get him out of the movie. Maria Bello looked goofy and miscast and the actor who plays their son makes Hayden Christensen from the Star Wars films look like an Oscar winner. John Hannah manages to bring some laughs to the table but his stick is not as fresh as it was before and Michelle Yeoh does not really do much with her role. This movie lacks the creepiness of the first two Mummy movies and the stone warriors of this movie don't hold a candle to the ghouls of the first two films at all. Not to mention the fact that the visual effects in this film look even worse than the second film(The Mummy Returns). The film itself seemed toned down in the fun and thrills department and just feels tired in certain scenes not to mention the dialogue, which seems like it was written by a five year old. This film seemed like a quick payday from all involved and sadly with the little effort spent in giving the audience something to root for and care for, its just feels like no one even cared about what they were making.