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Clip: Rick And Evelyn Fight The Terra Cotta Warriors
Behind The Scenes: Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh sword fighting
Interview: Maria Bello "On this third installment"

Overview

User Rating:
5.2/10   24,413 votes
Director:
Rob Cohen
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, trouble-seeking father-and-son duo Rick and Alex O'Connell unearth the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin -- a shape-shifting entity who was cursed by a wizard centuries ago. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
This Mummy should have stayed in his crypt. more

Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Die Mumie - Das Grabmal des Drachenkaisers (Germany)
Momie - La tombe de l'empereur dragon, La (Canada: French title)
The Mummy 3 (USA) (informal title)
Untitled Rick O'Connell Adventure (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for adventure action and violence.
Runtime:
112 min
Country:
Germany | Canada | USA
Language:
English | Mandarin
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Beijing, China more
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Trivia:
Rachel Weisz announced that she will not be reprising her role of Evelyn due to different interests with the screenplay. Later on, Maria Bello was announced to replace her. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In ancient China, oracle bones were turtle shells that were heated during divination, the cracks that appeared across Chinese characters written on the shells were then interpreted to foretell the future. Women were not allowed either on the battlefield or to read fortunes. more
Quotes:
Mad Dog Maguire: I'd tell you to fasten your seatbelts, but I was too cheap to buy any.
[laughs]
Rick O'Connell: [laughs] Why am I laughing?
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FAQ

A NOTE ABOUT SPOILERS
Why is Rachel Weisz not returning as Evelyn?
Why is Oded Fehr not returning as Ardeth Bay?
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348 out of 510 people found the following comment 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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