We both wanted to watch the Dark Night at first, but while queuing for tickets, we realized we were late and to watch the next show was out of the question. The Mummy looked interesting, so we chose it. We both were a bit disappointed that Rachel Weisz had been replaced, but after a while we got used to Maria Bello. The story was about a cruel emperor (Jet Li) who wanted to live forever. [He reminds me of Ming The Merciless from Flash Gordon.] The Emperor asked General Ming (Russell Wong) to find the oracle, Zi Juan (Michelle Yeoh); but knowing the emperor couldn't be trusted, Zi Juan cursed him and his army instead. 2000 years later, Alex O'Connell found the terracotta army buried in the sand, and as usual, Rick and his family must prevent the evil emperor to live again and save the world.
Apart from the fantastic special effect, the story can be predicted. The Yetis were interesting, although quite scary. (We compared them to the Yeti in 'Tintin in Tibet'.) The jokes were not funny and I only laughed 3 - 4 times, I think. Also think it was ridiculous that the emperor could change shapes into 3-headed dragon (but of course, since the beginning he was able to throw balls of fire) or other wild giant animals, for as powerful as he was, he only swam into the Sangri-la spring, like Zi Juan and her daughter.
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