The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, dumb action film

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I've never been a fan of the Mummy franchise so I went in to see the new installment The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor with little or no expectations. Turned out it's a dumb film, I wasn't surprised.Brendan Fraser reprises his role as Rick O'Connell and Maria Bello steps into the shoes of the lovely Rachel Weisz to play Rick's wife Evelyn. Set in 1946, the couple has retired from adventuring and seems bored out of their skulls, which is why they couldn't be more excited when the government comes calling to ask them to deliver the Eye of the Shangri-La, a legendary diamond, to the Chinese government in Shanghai. Little does the couple know that their now-grown up son Alex (played by Luke Ford) has just made a discovery of his own — he's unearthed the tomb of the evil emperor Han.In an earlier voice-over we learn that thousands of years ago sorceress Zi Yuan (Michelle Yeoh, that is) placed a curse on the evil emperor Han (Jet-Li, by the way) and his entire army, mummifying them all in clay. When the youngest O'Connell discovers the tomb, he breaks the spell inadvertently and Han is back. It's a good thing Mum and Dad are on the way.What you get here are lots of action scenes peppered with the kind of routine special effects that have become almost boring now. If there was one glimmer of hope it was that sword-fighting sequence between Michelle Yeoh and Jet-Li, but it was so short it barely registered.If you like those big dumb action extravaganzas, chances are you won't have a problem with this third Mummy saga. It is, after all, all fights no sense. And truth be told, I've seen worse. It's an entirely pointless film that I can't exactly recommend. But if you do decide to see it, you won't chew off your nails in boredom. So make up your own mind.