Already feeling dated (about five years too late), Tomb of the Dragon Emperor isn't nearly as good as the decent original but fares slightly better than the unbearably awful Mummy Returns. After the interesting opening, the movie seemed to take forever to get going (not the last of its dry spells), which really hurt the flow, and quickly became decidedly uninteresting. All the close-up shaky-cam action scenes didn't do the movie any favors at all either. The CG yeti looked like disgruntled bunny rabbits on steroids. Maria Bello is nearly unrecognizable. Jet Li's pock face is almost always covered in CGI. In short, Dragon Emperor is right at home in director Rob Cohen's consistently crappy filmography.
Review of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
