The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The Mummy and the Mummy Returns weren’t exactly horror movies, more action adventure, I would love to see someone develop a kick ass gorefest Mummy movie, I suspect I have a long wait.
On the strength of the first 2 movies I feel I should mention the 3rd movie of the revived classic Universal Horror brand. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Unlike the first 2 movies this is NOT written and directed by Stephen Sommers. In the 3rd film Rob Coen takes the helm.
Brendan Fraser comes back as Rick O’Connell, John Hannah steps away from the airline adverts and returns as his brother in law Johnathan and Evelyn is recast as Maria Bello. Pity as Rachel Weisz really made the films. Arnold Vosloo (?) is also gone, this time the Mummy is Han Emperor played by Jet Li.
Stephen Sommers (director of the first 2 films) disgraced himself with the complete hash he made of Van Helsing. It could have been another acceptable action / monster movie, but instead became a complete pile of (INSERT WORD HERE)
BTW the best movie that Stephen Sommers did was Deep Rising - time for a sequel I think.
Currently US release dates are 1st August
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