Most of the reviews of The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor said it was rubbish but gave it more than one star. Why is this? Clearly because this mummy movie does their work for them. The review takes about two minutes to write - as I will demonstrate using the points below that all of the reviews have mentioned. -It’s a threequel. Threequels are nearly always rubbish, especially when the first sequel was rubbish, which was certainly the case with The Mummy Returns. Therefore the critic can use phrases like “Uncalled for second sequel” and “Law of diminishing returns”, and if they are really keen bemoan the state of Hollywood for making unwanted sequels. -It is at best a thematic sequel with all the same characters getting messed up with a completely different undead scenario. It convenient drops some of the more complex...
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