THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR

Cert 12A

STEPHEN Sommers, writer-director of The Mummy and The Mummy

Returns, and leading lady Rachel Weisz may have departed the

all-action blockbuster franchise but the rest of the cast

return for this third installment which gallops from the deep

catacombs of China to the snow-laden peaks of the

Himalayas.

Suspended in animation as terracotta statues by a wily

sorceress (Michelle Yeoh), the dastardly Dragon Emperor (Jet

Li) and his 10,000-strong army wait patiently for someone to

break the curse.

Young archaeologist Alex O'Connell (Luke Ford) unwittingly

wakes the Emperor from his slumber, unleashing the otherworldly

ruler and his acolytes on an unsuspecting world.

With the fate of mankind hanging in the balance and himself

to blame, Alex turns to the only people who can stop the

Emperor: his gung-ho explorer father Rick (Brendan Fraser),

equally feisty mother Evelyn (Maria Bello) and accident-prone

uncle Jonathan (John Hannah).

Read our verdict in Qt tomorrow.

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