Mummy 3, Review, Trailers
Date Released in Calcutta: 1st August
Language: English
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, Jet Li, John Hannah, Michelle Yeoh, Anthony Wong, Luke Ford, Isabella Leong.
Director: Rob Cohen
Official Webpage
Showing in Calcutta Movie Halls:
- 89 Cinemas : 9:25 A.M.
- Fame Hiland Park : 11 A.M., 4:30 P.M., 10 P.M.
- Fame South City : 10:15 A.M., 5 P.M., 9:45 P.M.
- INOX City Centre : 11:35 A.M., 4:30 P.M., 10:45 P.M.
- INOX Forum : 11:45 A.M., 4:40 P.M., 10:50 P.M.
- RDB Adlabs : 9:15 A.M., 2 P.M.
- Metro : 3 P.M.
- Mini Jaya : 12 P.M., 7:30 P.M.
- Menoka : 12:30 P.M., 3:15 P.M., 6:15 P.M., 9:15 P.M.
- Roxy : 12:30 P.M., 6 P.M., 9 P.M.
- Ashoka: 2 P.M., 8 P.M.
- Malancha : 2:30 P.M., 5 P.M., 8 P.M.
The Mummy-Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Review
The film begins by the narration of an event that takes place in ancient China 2000 years ago. The ambitious Han emperor (Zet Li) has conquered all his mortal enemies, many of whom he buried under the Great wall of of China to protect his kingdom, has mastered the five elements water, wood, metal, fire, and earth, and then attempts to conquer death. He sends for a sorceress Zi Yuan (Michelle Yeoh) to help him find immortality, but to his surprise he finds out that the witch is a young beautiful lady. Han commands the faithful chief General Ming to see that nobody else touches the girl, because he himself wants her. General Ming, however, falls in love with her and Han comes to know of this affair through a spy. Han punishes Ming by pulling him apart by horses. He stabs Zi Yuan, but to his horror discovers that the witch has already cursed him. Han, with his battalion was petrified into terra cotta statues and his vast kingdom falls in oblivion of the outer world waiting for somebody to wake it up.
The movie then jumps to the modern era. It is 1946 when Alex, son of explorers Rick and Evelyn O’Connell (the adventurist couple from The Mummy Returns), finds the tomb of the Han Emperor, with help from archeologist Roger Wilson and sends it to the Shanghai Museum. In the tomb, they were attacked by a mysterious woman who in course will be known as Lin, the daughter of Zi Yuan. The O’Connell family visits the Chinese Museum where they discover that Roger Wilson is in conspiracy with General Yang who wants to bring the Dragon Emperor back to life. Yang eventually awakes the Han’s Emperor’s terra cotta statue. The O’Connell family travels to the snow covered Himalayas to prevent the Han Emperor to become immortal. They seek advice from Zi Yuan, who has obtained immortality for herself and her daughter Lin, and has been living in the Himalayas after being saved by the Yetis. To stop Emperor Han from being immortal, Zi Yuan sacrifices her immortality, as well as of her daughter’s, wakes the dead soldiers from under the Great Wall of China, who fights against the Han Emperor’s terra cotta soldiers. Zi Yuan gets killed in the battle, but Alex stabs the Han Emperor with a special dagger, which is the only thing in the world that could kill the Dragon Emperor.
The movie is good one as far as the technical sides are concerned. The cameras, photography, scenes were really unique. However, the story lays a lot of emphasis on the family drama of the O’Connell family, like in the scenes where Rick gets killed, the family gets devastated, and he is brought back to life by Zi Yuan, than on the Dragon Emperor. An actor like Jet Li, was not exploited in the movie to his fullest capability. Most of the time, things revolved round the O’Connell family, Zi Yuan and Lin.
Some of the plots were too much superficial like the O’Connells getting an aircraft and flying to the remotest parts of the Himalayas any time they wanted to, Rick and Evelyn fighting with the hundreds of the terra cotta armies without being hurt. It seemed really bizarre that the anti-Han army was constantly being saved by the Yetis, who seemed well-trained enough to know how to distinguish between the good and the evil.
The battle-field scenes could have made a little bit more matured for the older audiences. The mummified armies fighting each other looked like a mere puppet show. The formation of the Yetis deserved some more imagination and maturity. The scenes in the snow-covered mountains were awesome; however, the action scenes were not that singular, though action and magical spells were more emphasized in the movie than the detailed explanation of the historical part of the story itself. On the whole, it is pretty much watchable movie.
Calcuttatube Rating: 3.5/5
Trailor of Mummy 3
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