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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) -- The action sequences and battles at the Emperor's Camp
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) -- The demonstration was performed by a team of stunt professionals, which was followed by a Q&A with actor/physical effects performer Scott Armstrong, who stunt doubled for actor Luke Ford in the film.
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) -- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. In UK cinemas August 8, 2008.

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Alfred Gough (written by) &
Miles Millar (written by)
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Release Date:
1 August 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
A New Evil Awakens.
Plot:
In the Far East, Alex O'Connell, the son of famed mummy fighters Rick and Evy O'Connell, unearths the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin -- a shape-shifting entity cursed by a witch centuries ago. full summary | full synopsis
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1 win & 6 nominations more
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Also Known As:
Die Mumie - Das Grabmal des Drachenkaisers (Germany)
The Mummy 3 (USA) (informal title)
Untitled Rick O'Connell Adventure (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG-13 for adventure action and violence.
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112 min
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The airplane used to fly to Shangri-La, based on the Bristol Beaufighter widely used by Britain and Australia in World War II, might reasonably be expected to be available in China. Built as a two-seat fighter-bomber, it was never converted into a passenger-carrying aircraft, but such a conversion might have been theoretically possible. more
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Zijuan: [about Han] When the emperor built the great wall, he buried his enemies underneath it. I will call them to battle once more.
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Why is Freddie Boath not returning as Alex O'Connell, the son?
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408 out of 586 people found the following review useful.
This Mummy should have stayed in his crypt., 1 July 2008
2/10
Author: kimgrear from East Longmeadow, MA

I was able to catch this movie at a test screening in California while i was on vacation and its not much of a film. Its the same story as the previous ones and most of the stuff in the movie were taken from them as well. I love Brendan Fraser but he didn't look happy to be there and with how the story was set up, you can't blame him for looking miserable. He has no chemistry with Maria Bello, who was just awful (She's no Rachel Weisz, that's for damn sure.) and he has even less chemistry with his own son played by Luke Ford, who has the charisma and the charm of a brick, not to mention the fact that he looks just as old as both Fraser and Bello. Fraser has more chemistry with John Hannah, who is a welcome distraction from the lousiness of the film. The movie itself is just a flat headed mess of bad visual effects with no soul. Jet Li lacks the menacing presence of Arnold Vosloo from the previous films but that problem is more than less on the shoulders of the director, who was in my opinion more concern with the style of the film than any substance it could have had and because of that, Jet Li and most of the cast got the short end of the stick and it shows.

They should have ended it with the second film but instead, we have a movie that manages to make even "The Scorpion King" look as good as Iron Man.

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