This is an action adventure film and it’s not a sci-fi so don’t expect some bombastic scientific theories but expect some wondeful action scenes instead. The Mummy is back on our big screens, so read on. Warning spoilers!

Salt the popcorn and settle your gigantic soda in the cup-holder. Brendan Fraser is back and just as important, so are the mummies. Strictly speaking, these guys are not mummies, but they’re close enough.

It’s only been nine years since the first film, in which handsome, wisecracking, intrepid adventurer Rick (Fraser) met the brilliant, gorgeous, and equally intrepid librarian and Egyptologist Evie (Rachel Weisz). They found themselves battling mummies and falling in love. But this is movie world, so in the third installment Rick and Evie have a college-age son named Alex (the bland Luke Ford). Oh, and Weisz is not around any more, as we are informed with a brisk wink at the fans before the action gets underway. We first see Evie from behind, reading aloud from one of her books, and it is Weisz’s voice. But then she answers a question with “Honestly I can say she’s a completely different person,” and the camera swings around to show us that Evie is now played by Maria Bello.

And after that, it is just about all action, all the time. As is appropriate for movies in this category, there is just enough plot to give us an opportunity to have various kinds of conflict in various kinds of settings and otherwise stay out of the way of all of the chases, explosions, and battles. It’s sort of the same idea as Hellboy 2 – a sleeping army will awake and take over the world for evil if blah blah. This time, Rick and Evie end up in China mostly so that mummy honors can go to Jet Li as the evil emperor who was cursed by a witch who has the secret of eternal life.

Like the old movie serials that inspired it, the movie doesn’t take itself too seriously. But it takes the action scenes seriously and there are some great ones, especially a chase in a truck filled with fireworks. You can guess where that one is going. Yes, it is a little over the top to have the Yeti show up. And Bello, as terrific an actress as she is, doesn’t match Weisz’s chemistry with Fraser. The father-son-conflict and the romance are weak and predictable. But by the time you realize that, we’ve moved on to the next fight or chase or near-plane-crash or fall or mummy, and it’s time to get back to the popcorn.

Parents should know that the film has non-stop peril and violence including machine guns and handguns, knives, arrows, monsters, martial arts, swords, chases, an avalanche, and fire, characters coming back from the dead, and some grisly images. Characters use some strong language (b-words) and drink alcohol. A strength of the movie is the portrayal of brave and capable women and minorities and an inter-racial romance.

I am not totally disappointed with this movie, infact it’s the best Mummy serious I think. It’s action packed. There’s romance in it and the chinese girl (not Michelle Yeoh) is super gorgeous. Her name is Isabella Leong playing as Lin. She’s one of the many reasons to watch this movie guys LOL

credits: Beliefnet

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Official Movie Poster

Singapore Date: 31st July 2008 Language: English Rating: PG Genre: Action Tagline: A New Evil Awakens Starring: Maria Bello, Brendan Fraser, Michelle Yeoh, Jet Li Directed by: Rob Cohen Company: Universal Pictures Singapore Distributor: United International Pictures iZone Rating: 7.5/10 Official Website : The Mummy : Tomb of The Dragon Emperor

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Movie Trailer

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