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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

2008
Suspense/Thriller
Fantasy
1h 52m
In the Far East, trouble-seeking father-and-son duo Rick (Fraser) and Alex O'Connell (Ford) unearth the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin (Li) -- a shape-shifting entity who was cursed by a wizard (Yeoh) centuries ago.
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

2008
Suspense/Thriller
Fantasy
1h 52m
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Rated 20 Aug 2008
9
0th
Same again. If you rearranged the order these films were released, would it make a difference? Is any one different enough from the other to be noticeable? Uninspired, unoriginal story & caricatures. No surprises EVER. Fraser's son? As banally heroic and blandly handsome as his father. Jet Li wasted. CGI for no reason. Lots of xplosions. Every joke thuds. Supernatural dispatched w/.. guns. For children who have never seen a movie before. Representative of all that is wrong w/H'wood. Product.
Rated 11 Nov 2008
26
6th
I thought, going into this, that 21 was a pretty low PSI. I mean how can you go wrong with a mummy story involving Jet Li as Emperor Qin with his terracotta army? Apparently pretty easily. Terrible script, acting, CGI, dialogue and yeti football. YETI FOOTBALL! Fuck this movie.
Rated 28 Apr 2009
60
30th
Enjoyable but nothing more, I do not know how many sort of monsters I have seen in this movie. Plenty of action but the mummy-story was so amazingly poor. How much more of this crap are we going to see in the future ?
Rated 26 May 2009
76
57th
Same as the other two, but kind of throws away what realism the other two had (not much), which may or may not be a good thing--but whatever, it's got abominable snowmen.
Rated 17 Aug 2009
20
1st
There aren't any Mummies in this Mummy movie.
Rated 04 Aug 2008
45
16th
Do not continue...
Rated 06 Dec 2008
35
10th
This makes The Scorpion King look like Citizen Kane.
Rated 16 Feb 2021
4
27th
Not as bad as some people make it out to be, however the enjoyment factor isn't there like the originals. Bello does not compare to Weisz by any means, Ford coming in could've been interesting, if he wasn't written to be an arrogant and whiny bitch, which is not really his fault. Even Jet Li doesn't compare to the original mummy because he didn't do much that was all that memorable. This film's best assets are its visuals and Fraser himself. This showed the franchise was at an end.
Rated 14 Jun 2009
30
9th
Horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible
Rated 11 Dec 2008
25
17th
I have a certain amount of respect for this for actually having a plot and not just regurgitating elements from the first film like The Mummy Returns did so blatantly. That said, this still isn't very good. Better than the second, sure, but the loss of Weisz really hurts (Bello is really wrong for the character) and Alex has gone from annoying kid to annoying, unnecessary and character-less. It held my interest more than the second did, and Fraser is still good, but it's at best a passable film.
Rated 14 Aug 2008
47
3rd
The previous two movies weren't serious, but this one doesn't even take itself seriously. Its silliness is either cringe-worthy or pretty entertaining, but mostly the former. Yetis celebrating a field goal? And how about the son character trading a proper English accent for a semi-Bostonian one? Some of it's more self-reflexive moments aren't too bad though. A movie that you laugh at, not with.
Rated 20 Aug 2014
14
36th
This movie really makes you wonder about the after life. Like, "How aware were those raised corpses before they came back to life?" and "Will I go to hell for watching this movie?"
Rated 01 Mar 2012
50
26th
I so know this is shit, but I laughed my ass of when I saw it in theaters. I laughed my ass of again when it was on tv and a friend hadn't seen it so we watched it. I'm excited for the next one when Brendan Fraser is immortal. Seriously, if you can't laugh at this, I apologize for telling you that you will, but I can't help it because a yeti does a ninja kick. But I must reiterate, it is pretty bad. Shockingly so. And amazingly so.
Rated 10 Jul 2010
0
3rd
I almost switched it of, when the yetis started playing football with chinese henchmen. Yes, you heard me. It has yetis kicking field goals with chinese henchmen. It's no joke. Or rather: in the movie it is. Sadly.
Rated 04 Feb 2009
41
16th
It was.. entertaining. It started of good but then they didn't care anymore about the old mummy-formula and that's a pitty. And all those stupid jokes from O'Connell.. And over the top, everything over the top.. And djess O'Connell... Bad actor.. Bad.. Really bad..
Rated 08 Aug 2008
38
9th
Gah! For all its grand budget, this thing belongs in the bargain bin. The acting, story, dialogue, romance, action sequences, effects, sets - it's all tacky and mostly terrible. The movie cuts out Rachel Weisz and replaces her with the talented Maria Bello who delivers an atrocious performance. Most of the dialogue consists of "Here we go again" and "I hate mummies." There aren't any mummies in the film, and there's nothing interesting, exciting, or commendable about it at all. Embarrassing.
Rated 29 Sep 2009
34
28th
Although I never really got along very well with The Mummy franchise, I have to say that this spectacularly cheesy effort certainly entertained me. In fact it entertained me enough to question whether the previous offerings were really as dry as I remember. Brendan Fraser again takes the forefront with his usual infectiously goofy character. Oh there's no doubting it's terrible, but it's also one of those horrendous exploitations of all things below par that you can't help but feel attached to.
Rated 14 May 2014
60
51st
Bargain basement Crystal Skull wannabe that occasionally reaches goofy fun. A majority of the reviews for this one are far more inept than the film.
Rated 04 Oct 2008
18
10th
Really bad, and I thought the first Mummy movie was a good entertainment flick. The second was very mediocre but this was just bad. So many flaws with a shoe string plot and a script that tries to be self-aware but ends up feeling terribly tacky. Though Maria Bello can be good I didn't find her to be a suitable replacement for Rachel Wiez. Avoid, even if you like the series.
Rated 28 Dec 2008
14
1st
Just lean back and tick off the clichés. Overfeeding an action movie does not make it interesting.
Rated 03 Aug 2008
2
6th
the yeti kicks a field goal? pretty terrible but i wasn't falling asleep
Rated 14 Dec 2008
30
3rd
Maybe I'd like this movie if I stood Mario Bello's "God I certainly didn't fit for this role!" looks. I love Bello, but absolutely terrible replacement. And China? Seriously??
Rated 05 Jan 2009
1
5th
At least Rachel Weisz had the common sense to leave this one alone. Fun fact: One point for starring Jet Li.
Rated 06 Oct 2012
40
15th
Stupid and boring. Not painful to watch, but definitely not pleasant.
Rated 09 May 2011
10
2nd
Bad effects, poorly shot and edited action scenes with egregious misuse of slow-motion and bored, uninspired performances sink this franchise so deep it will likely never see the light again.
Rated 24 Dec 2010
25
4th
"Arrrrrgh, here we go again! I HATE MUMMIES! NOT MUMMIES AGAIN!!!"
Rated 09 Aug 2008
15
3rd
PIECE OF CRAP!
Rated 08 Jan 2018
3
5th
Looks better than the last one, but the little humour from before is now completely gone ("You guys are like mummy magnets!" *crickets*), the plot is a complete rehash (just substitute a terracotta army for the dog army, and add in some yetis), and the added father-son dramatic thread falls flat on its face just like it did in Die Hard 5 (newcomer Bello isn't great either). Some good fight choreography and one badass "revenge for the oppressed" speech at the climax are the only positives here.
Rated 19 Aug 2009
45
9th
Inoffensively bad, but bad none-the-less. Brendan Frasier tries, but it just isn't enough to save this movie.
Rated 02 Aug 2008
59
31st
It knows it's not an excellent movie, and is pretty good for the caliber it sets out to be. Not as good as the second Mummy movie, but better than National Treasure 2.
Rated 18 Aug 2008
25
13th
I guess I can believe that mummies exist in this movie's universe, but does EVERY myth have to be real? YETI? Really? No, I'm sorry I couldn't get into it. Also Alex/Ford was trying really hard to hide his Ozzie accent, but failed pretty badly.
Rated 13 Aug 2008
80
29th
Flawed, predictable, silly. Say this about most films and its a kiss of death, but the "Mummy" adventure films are specifically designed to be those very things AND entertaining, which it achieves admirably. Spicing things up with Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh in critical roles helps immensely. Overall, not intended to be taken seriously at all, just a good "popcorn" movie, something that (Producer and director of the first two films) Sommers and lead Fraser seem to be very good at.
Rated 13 May 2012
50
47th
Like the other Mummy films, Tomb of the Dragon Emperor won't bore you, but it also won't make you think. It's another movie that you can watch to pass the time, but if you want stimulation, you'll have to look elsewhere. This is the first in the franchise that at least looks as impressive as its budget, so if you want to see really good looking Yetis and other visual spectacles, it'll be worth your time. Just don't hope for something of substance, or lots of Jet Li, as you'll be disappointed.
Rated 12 Dec 2008
25
11th
SPOILERS AHEAD! The yak yakking was the biggest turn in the plot and funniest moment in the movie.
Rated 14 Jan 2009
65
25th
Dumb as a truck full of sacks of bricks. Kind of fun, though.
Rated 14 Aug 2008
30
10th
There is a lot that's wrong with this movie, but the worst are the annoying Maria Bello and the fact that the scriptwriters and the director seem to have conspired to make Jonathan (John Hannah) unfunny.
Rated 14 Aug 2021
16
1st
Excruciating, numbing "spectacle" looks cheap and low-rent, with an inexplicable shift in the ethnicity of the mummys to the oriental - shoehorning Yeoh and Li into the morass for no other apparent reason than to make the film more internationally marketable. Fraser and Hannah overplay in an effort to jump start the dreariness, but Bello makes a poor substitute for Weisz. And their son is in there somewhere? A shallow, hollow and cynical effort to hold on to a series past its sell-by date. Ergh!
Rated 20 Dec 2013
30
12th
I REALLY HATE MUMMIES
Rated 02 Oct 2016
10
1st
Ten points for the ten minutes I could bear to watch it.
Rated 17 Oct 2008
62
10th
Not the strongest of the series, but it entertains. There are some cliches and predictable story-telling elements, but deep story-telling is not exactly the strong point of these movies. A few of the effects are not done quite well enough to be completely realistic, but they are done well enough to serve their purpose.
Rated 19 Jan 2010
4
1st
Look... I saw it on an airplane, ok? I'm still not proud of myself.
Rated 06 Sep 2008
63
14th
It doesn't work as well as the first film and the jokes are really groan worthy, but at least it has a decent sense of fun about it.
Rated 03 Jun 2013
20
3rd
Wow, did I hate this film. Only had one good scene it it. The yeti making a touch down pass. Yetis can make the worst movies bearable.
Rated 22 Oct 2012
1
14th
A horrficly pointless film as what can only be described as "Brendan Fraser light" goes from Point A to Z in this boring film that sucks any fun the previous two films had for a cheap buck.
Rated 20 Sep 2010
22
6th
Boring excuse to milk whatever money was left in the franchise.
Rated 29 Aug 2015
92
47th
Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is set in 1946, 13 years after its hero, Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser), managed to best The Rock's Scorpion King in the Egypt-based The Mummy Returns (2001). Bored of kicking his heels in an Oxfordshire country home, he and his novelist wife, Evelyn (Maria Bello) take up an offer to deliver a precious artefact to a museum in Shanghai.
Rated 15 Nov 2008
9
6th
Lots to complain. Took place too far from the first two. And Rachel Weisz was replaced with good for nothing actress. Shame on you! Awful, illogical story.
Rated 07 Dec 2008
13
8th
dk; Mage til svagt oplæg skal man lede længe efter. Rodet og usammenhængende historie, håbløs dialog og en masse kinesiske "vise ord" formår at ødelægge en eventuel fornøjelse 100%. De kinesiske pengemænd i baggrunden ønskede vist kun at "fremelske" kinesisk kultur for deres eget folk.
Rated 07 Apr 2009
10
4th
Oh, shit, where do I start with this thing? Annoying acting, climax sucks, boring villain, not funny, the new lady sucks, and whatever else you kind find in this thing probably sucks. I just like Jet Li, so I don't give this the ultimate shit rating.
Rated 17 Sep 2008
0
0th
The Mummy Always Seemed Uninteresting....Why Am I Wasting My Time Here?
Rated 01 Dec 2008
70
50th
Nice Entertainment, nothing more.
Rated 13 May 2009
45
16th
Ok the actings not great nor is the storyline. Also you would have expected it to be better considering the cast. If you watch this expecting it to be as good as the first you would be very disappointed. If you watch it as just a regular popcorn movie it is rather enjoyable. It just seems that the over the top humour gets in the way of the action. It is also very predictable and flawed. Watch it and make your own mind up
Rated 09 Dec 2008
63
41st
The first 2 Mummy's were good, and this had potential to be better. But some problems came up. First, Maria Bello... cannot act. Period. Second the script was atrocious. And third the failed attempts at humor were miserable. The film was a lot of fun however which is really the only highlight of the movie. Grade: C
Rated 02 Aug 2008
68
16th
Not nearly as good as the first two, however it is very self aware and clever about its own premise and makes very sure not to take itself too seriously.
Rated 09 Feb 2013
27
24th
The China-setting, with Nazi-replacements, has potential for more Indy-feel, and that's preferable over Mummy-mess. The closest we get though is a LaBeouf-wannabe-wreckage and this ends up closer to Crystal Skull than quality-Indy. Fight-choreography and action-scenes are dull, some of the dialogue just awful, and Maria.B has been seen much better and hotter elsewhere. I "enjoyed" this a tad more than Returns, but still it's mostly underwhelming shit. Preview*: #13#, popcorn, 'pt1.2', (cast)
Rated 04 Jun 2010
10
4th
Uninspired tripe with dull action scenes and a laughable cliche plot. Normally in a dumb popcorn flick like this, I wouldn't be so hard on it for its plot holes but a lot of them are so jarring and stupid. how in the hell did they manage to travel through rough, mountain terrain "very quickly" to save the Asian girl? How in the hell do ancient, resurrected Chinese skeletons know English? I would like the movie despite these flaws if it had some entertainment value, but everyone is awful in this.
Rated 19 Jul 2015
43
11th
I'm ashamed for Jet Li being in this movie
Rated 21 Feb 2013
20
9th
I have no words.
Rated 06 Aug 2017
80
68th
This is the best of the Mummy films.
Rated 15 Aug 2014
2
7th
Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was the ultimate death of the Mummy franchise. The original Mummy film gets it's fare share of stick but I've always enjoyed it. Ultimately it was a poor mans Indiana Jones but it was still a blast. And the sequel was tolerable. But this third film is a huge step down. Brendan Fraser tries his best but Maria Bello is a poor replacement for Rachel Weisz and Jet Li has little to offer. There's a handful of enjoyable set pieces but otherwise I was bored to tears.
Rated 22 Jan 2012
23
5th
OHMYGODIT'SSOOFFENSIVELYBAD
Rated 29 Dec 2013
88
49th
Actually pretty good.
Rated 17 Oct 2008
55
16th
Not terrible but not great either, Mummy 3 just wasn't as fun to watch as the first film. The action sequences combined with the CGI were fun to watch but the story was dull and full of plot holes. The absence of Rachel Weisz was sorely missed this time around because Maria Bello just didn't fit the role at all, Jet Li was advertised as one of the stars of this film but was reduced here to an extended cameo and Rob Cohen cannot direct a fight sequence to save his life, you have Jet fighting Mich
Rated 08 Jan 2017
72
40th
B
Rated 29 Oct 2013
20
5th
Thanks for shitting on my childhood.
Rated 01 Nov 2008
10
0th
disgusting film making at its best. cheesy dialogue, bad CGI, HORRIBLE acting all comes to this. Even bad TV flicks are better than this, at least they stick to a subject: this movie was like first three Indiana Jones movies in fast-forward plus Yetis and boring karate.
Rated 09 Aug 2008
75
51st
Hot ass kicking babes.
Rated 22 Sep 2014
11
2nd
Stupid, but there's a bit of fun here and there, the reason for the relatively high score. It manages to quash Brendan Fraser's immense likability almost completely.
Rated 24 Aug 2008
75
30th
Action scenes were good, but I'm over this series of films
Rated 22 Jan 2012
60
16th
Wasn't good, wasn't bad. It was too avarage. It's never good sign when one of the actors from previous films isn't in this one. Maria Bello wasn't so good as Rachel Weisz. And I loved previous films and I love good adventure movie. Too bad.
Rated 27 Mar 2011
15
1st
so bad that I wont even write a comment except this line
Rated 12 Jan 2010
70
19th
I noticed the quality of Rachel Weisz (although I like Bello in other movies) as soon as she was gone ... but that's just part of the problem
Rated 16 Jun 2009
0
2nd
This movie is absolute garbage. Fuck you Brendan Fraser for never doing anything good, fuck you Yeti's (goal=fail) and, most of all, FUCK YOU ROGER EBERT!
Rated 04 May 2022
58
19th
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Rated 28 Feb 2016
68
15th
Well I was open to it being a silly but fun little romp until the yeti show up.
Rated 22 Jan 2012
35
18th
Plot 6/20 Fiction 7/20 Casting/Acting 9/20 Worldbuilding 7/20 Entertainment 6/20
Rated 29 May 2015
41
4th
41.000
Rated 20 Sep 2009
80
33rd
The weakest of the Mummy movies with Brendan Frazer.
Rated 14 Oct 2008
40
8th
Brendan Fraser almost managed to be funny 1 time and all the rest wal total crap. The only thing I remember from this movie is that whenever you are in any kind of nasty situation, suddenly an army of Yetis appear amd save the day.
Rated 12 Jan 2013
50
7th
Bad.
Rated 07 Mar 2020
70
17th
I'd place it above The Mummy Returns, but below both the Mummy and the spin-off Scorpion King. None of the sequels quite got what made the first one so enjoyable right, instead they just kept using mummies as some kind of in-joke and no big deal rather that building the sense of dread that the first movie managed to. It's an entertaining enough action/adventure, but there are far better ones out there.
Rated 30 May 2012
21
9th
I've often referred to Brendan Fraser as an effortlessly charming actor. Here is a movie to make me seriously rethink that sentiment. When he's the reason I was able to glean any entertainment from Journey to the Center of the Earth, just *imagine* how wretched this movie must be to utterly joyless. Bello is a poor substitute for Weisz and Cohen is so bad he makes you long for the touch of Stephen fucking Sommers. Whatever life this franchise had is long gone. This is a walking corpse of a film.
Rated 20 Aug 2008
79
69th
The action, fun and (something like) mummies. Yes, it is silly. Yes, it is unreal. Yes, it is the same thing again. But if you love the other two films (are capable of ignoring a "new" terrible Eve) and can switch off your brain for a while, you will enjoy it.
Rated 03 Aug 2008
2
14th
I love adventure flicks, but this certainly isn't a good movie by any standard of filmmaking - acting, script, special effects, you name it, it's pretty lousy. The romantic subplot between the son and the Asian chick very literally had me cringing away from the screen in embarrassment. All that said, I at least wasn't bored.
Rated 02 Oct 2008
54
45th
ger; [Die Mumie: Das Grabmal des Drachenkaisers];
Rated 26 Sep 2010
0
5th
One of the most painful experiences of my life--and I've had pneumonia.
Rated 16 Sep 2008
68
20th
The most convincing acting in this movie was by the 3 CGI Yeti. However, the whole experience didn't leave me with a feeling of emptiness as did the last two Mummy movies.
Rated 04 Oct 2012
57
17th
It's funny and Brendan Fraser is so likeable. It's not good, but i don't hate it. There are worst ways to spend my time
Rated 25 Aug 2008
1
6th
The worst of a mediocre series.
Rated 03 Aug 2011
35
26th
We're not talking classic or even class here, but the picture is entertaining enough and succeeds at being what it wants to be.
Rated 04 Aug 2008
38
15th
A Shameful film. It was completely flawed. There is way too much going on all the time. The acting was terrible, especially whoever's playing brendan fraser's wife now. The O'Connells are aparently better swordsmen than the dragon emporer's army. Fraser's character is aparently better at hand combat than the dragon emporer. The yetis almost saved the movie, until they were just as cheesy as the rest of the flick. They even ended with a whitty caption, which set up for a 4th. Pray it's not made.
Rated 20 Dec 2008
44
14th
Oh my god. There are some almost good moments and when the action finally starts, the pacing is great, BUT...extremely derivative, unexceptional, seen-it-all-before type of movie with huge illogical stupidities and predictable plot twists. And the CGI was not overly impressive as well, considering how much this movie depends on it. Jokes were terrible. And finally, there was far too little of Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh. Anyway, a little better than the second one.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
6
5th
As thin and as pointless as a film possibly can be. The original Mummy film was an average popcorn flick, by the time they got to this third installment any charm had left the franchise. Poorly written and performed, with dull action sequences, its not worth your time.
Rated 04 Dec 2012
5
4th
Dumps elements that made the series fun (the mummy, Weisz and hokey Egyptology) while keeping the worst (Fraser and the over-reliance on bad CGI). Just like the characters, this franchise doesn't know when to let something dead stay buried.
Rated 02 Jan 2009
60
30th
The stuff in Chinese was all pretty decent, and the O'Conells had their moments but this is a rather disjointed film. It feels like the dialogue needed one more draft and the plot a bit of punching up. Very much a family film for people with relatively youngish kids, though they made it a bit scary for the age that would like some of the terrible jokes...
Rated 20 Sep 2010
50
12th
Hated the son. Hated the new Evie. Wasted the talents of Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh. Just overall kinda disappointing.....especially since the first two were pretty good.
Rated 28 Jun 2011
1
6th
"Good going dad. You've raised another mummy."
Rated 12 Aug 2010
0
1st
Unwatchable.
Rated 29 Jun 2011
80
36th
ta biennnn !!
Rated 19 Apr 2009
30
18th
"I kept waiting for Silver Surfer, Neo, and Snoopy on his damn doghouse to come flying by and yell "Hey Rick! That's a lot of mummies! Mind if WE drop in?""

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