My Mummy 3 review (Spoiler Alert)

[Havana]

Don't read this if you haven't seen the film.


The third installment of the Mummy series takes a departure from the previous two films but still provides an entertaining mix of fantasy and adventure. Rachel Weiss chose to pass on this one but I'm not sure why. Maybe she's too serious to do a popular movie. I don't know. She should have done it. Many of the character moments, aka the talky scenes, are pretty good, infact better written and more interesting than Indy 4. The lady who takes over for Weiss does a good job but selling her as the Evelyn character is a bit of a hurdle that the film has to overcome. There's also some weird chronology. This film takes place immediately after WWII, over twenty years later than the first film. Brendan Fraiser looks exactly as he did in the first movie but now he has a son with an accent different from him and his wife and who looks only about 10 years his junior. I'm not sure why they chose to advance the timeline so far. It seems completely unnecessary. If you can get past all that, the father son chemistry works well and has more depth than another recent father son adventure film that comes to mind. As in the previous Mummy films, the supporting cast adds some dimension and flavor to what is otherwise a fairly simple fantasy/adventure yarn. It's aways great to see the beautiful Michelle Yeoh and John Hannah earns his pay as the comedic brother. The scope, sets and settings of the film are also first class and impressive. In addition to all the CGI showboating, there are also some good old fashion gun fights. It's refreshing to see some adventurers who are still willing to drop the hammer on a few nameless badguys. If you liked the first two, you'll probably like this one as much or more. I think it's far superior to the 2nd film. It won't blow your socks off but it's definitely worth the price of admission.

[anton91]

I´m hopfully going to the cinema in my o´connell outfit cant whait

[Damned Dan]

I was a little disappointed with this installment. The previous films kind of reminded me of old Ray Harryhausen movies. Even though they were CGI, they had that core feel of fantasy adventure. I also understand why Rachel Wiesz decided not to come back. The story was mediocre and the dialogue was weak. Without Rachel Weisz, it also lacked the chemistry the previous films had. The other thing that bothered me was that this movie borrowed so much from the Indy series that I hope it was more of an homage than plagiarism. It doesn't get more blatant than TOD knock-off "Club Imhotep" scene. Although I did appreciate all the hot Chinese girls. For the ROLTA infulence, instead of hanging underneath a Nazi truck, they did it with a horse driven chariot. The part that killed me was the direct rip-off of LC, with the whole Spring of Eternal Life. I guess Lucas had it coming. The army ant stuff from KOTCS seemed to mimic "The Mummy" films. It's not as much of a popcorn movie as I would like it to be, but it does the trick if your in need of a little more adventure this summer.

[indyfangav]

mummy 3 was awesome! it was my fav of the mummy movies, and i thought that the new actor of evy was better that the 1st! i loved the battle with the terracotta army!