Movie Dude: The Mummy,The Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor

Rob Cohen has done it again! A rousingly beautifully shot saturday afternoon adventure! The scenes are breathtaking as we open with the Emperor (Jet Li in a great role) staking claim to everything in the known world,crushing his opposition with ruthlessness,as do all despots of the ages. He claims a witch(played by martial arts fav Michelle Yeoh),who is to place a spell of immortality on the Emperor,but knows she has been betrayed and  places a curse on him and his army instead! This places our next scene in present day,late 1940’s postwar china,with young Alex now grown to manhood and is also an archeologist,like his parents..He soon finds the tomb and his future.. Attacked by a mysterious assassin who takes his heart instead of his life, we have the running theme through all the Mummy franchises.. It than leads to England where The O’Connells are now a bored couple waiting for the next adventure to come their way. The Gorgeous Maria Bello,is just perfect to replace The Gorgeous Rachel Weitz! While she gets to do a great line about” I am a completey different woman” at a book reading of her latest novel! We all get the joke and it is cleverly done. She has her tough moments when she seems awkward,but Brendan Frasier soon has her acting so smoothly with his onscreen charm, you soon forget any other woman played his wife! The FO(Foreign Office) soon involves the O’Connells into a trip destined to be another adventure! The scenery is gorgeous,the chinese is so beautiful to hear and the action is nonstop! All thanks to Mr. Cohen’s wonderful direction. The Yeti’s are just the coolest and the battle by Shangri La is breathtaking! you get to see enough of the fabled Lost City for you to use your own imagination,for this I applaud Mr. Cohen..the CGI is great and the story seamless! Thank you for a wonderful afternoon Mr. Cohen!