The Mummy Wakes – Again!
Monday, September 29th, 2008
I admit, I am a major fan of Brendan Fraser, and I loved the previous two Mummy films. Being a very gullible person, moreover, I was fascinated by the reincarnation and soulmates plot the previous films sported. With all that, I admit I was initially apprehensive about this new installment, since Rachel Weisz was replaced by Maria Bello. And they were portraying middle-aged couples, with their son Alex (Luke Ford) old enough to have his own love interest.
Well, the story was slow and dragging at first, but the presence of Jet Li as always quickened the pace. I liked the new direction, West meets East, the way they blended Hollywood style shoot-em-ups with Kung-fu paced movies. I’m also a fan of Chinese kung-fu movies, and love Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh, so those were pluses. I also think this third film had a lot of funnier moments than the first two. All in all, i’d say this movie will make it to my collection of DVDs.