Honestly, I liked the previous two Mummy movies for what they were but
this one is really hard to enjoy however.
Hard to say were things went wrong, since it's a combination of so many
factors. First of all, it's having a different director this time
around, so the style and approach to it is already quite different,
when compared to the two previous movies, directed by Stephen Sommers.
He understood the characters, its universe and the do's and don't's
with it all, while Rob Cohen, who directed this movie, clearly was all
new to it and was just shooting away, without any regard to telling a
good story, or let the characters do the things the audience wants and
expects to see them do.
It was also quite weird for the series to take a totally different
approach this time with its settings. China just ain't no Egypt and
watching a bunch of mummies walking around there just doesn't ever feel
right. It's a totally different atmosphere and mythology involved. But
really, this is all perhaps still the least of the movie its problems.
It simply didn't had a very good script to work with. First of all, the
buildup to it all is taking far too long and when the pace and action
starts to kick in, you are almost constantly wondering to yourself what
it is that you are watching exactly. All of the action seems to happen
so very random and certain characters just come and go, whenever the
movie pleases. It besides is lacking a good, original and clear main
plot line. OK so the emperor mummy, played by Jet Li, is evil but why
exactly? And what does he want? The movie too often doesn't really seem
to be heading anywhere and most of the stuff seems to happen without
any consequences, which also already takes away quite a lot of its
tension and any of the involvement with its characters and story.
Basically all of the The Mummy movies had been some Indiana Jones
knockoffs but this movie really takes the cake. It comes across as some
real lazy writing when a typical Indiana Jones moments happens in this
movie, that isn't being original or creative in any way.
And really, when Rachel Weisz refused to reprise her role in this
movie, her character should had been written out and not recast. Or
maybe this was just something that bothered me because Maria Bello did
such an awful job at playing the Evelyn character. But none of the
actors really come across too well, with perhaps an exception to John
Hannah, who simply continued to do his thing as the comical relief of
the series.
The movie was also being a bit too heavy on its special effects, which
became especially distracting because not all of the CGI effects were
that great to look at, though obviously plenty of money still got
pumped into this movie.
No, it's not a completely horrible movie and not really one that I
hated watching, though I'm probably still making it sound that way
right now. As simple entertainment, it does has its moments but overall
there really is no way I would recommend this movie to anyone.
5/10
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