He revives the Terracotta Army, declares his intention for world domination, and directs them to breach the Great Wall, after which they will be invincible. Morphing into a three-headed dragon, he steals the cursed dagger, kidnaps Lin, and flies back to his tomb. The Emperor and Yang arrive, and the Emperor bathes in the waters, restoring his human form and granting him massive supernatural power. As Rick heals, Alex and Lin grow close, but Lin cannot bear falling in love with Alex only to watch him grow old and die. The group discovers Lin is Yuan's daughter, both rendered immortal by the mystical waters. Lin takes them to Shangri-La, where Zi Yuan still lives and can heal Rick's wound. The Emperor gravely wounds Rick while Alex triggers an avalanche, slowing the Emperor's pursuit. With help from yetis summoned by Lin, the group holds off Yang's forces, but the Emperor discovers Shangri-La's location. Lin reveals that she possesses the only weapon that can kill the Emperor-a cursed dagger.Īlong with Evelyn's brother, Jonathan Carnahan, the O'Connells and Lin travel to a stupa in the Himalayas that will reveal the path to Shangri-La. The O'Connells attempt to stop him with Lin's help, the woman who had earlier attacked Alex, but he escapes. Revived, the Emperor accepts Yang's services but kills Wilson. Yang believes the Emperor can lead China out of the chaos following World War II and Chinese Civil War, resurrecting him using the Eye of Shangri-La, which contains mystical water from Shangri-La. In Shanghai during the Chinese New Year, the O'Connells learn that Wilson works for a rogue military faction led by General Yang and his assistant, Colonel Choi, who provided the financial backing of Alex's expedition. At the same time, the British government entrusts Rick and Evelyn to take a gemstone called the Eye of Shangri-La back to China. Though attacked by a mysterious woman, they bring the sarcophagus to Shanghai. However, Zi Yuan anticipated this: instead of giving him the type of immortality he wanted, Yuan cursed the Emperor and his soldiers, thus turning them into the Terracotta Army.Ĭenturies later, in 1946, Alex O'Connell- Rick and Evelyn O'Connell's son-and his archaeology professor Roger Wilson find the Emperor's tomb. When one of his servants witnesses them consummating their relationship, the Emperor has Ming executed in retaliation. She and Ming fall in love, despite the Emperor wanting Zi Yuan to himself. He sends her to an ancient monastery with his second-in-command, General Ming, to find the long-lost Oracle Bones, which hold the key to eternal life. However, the Emperor grows fearful that his death will end all he has accomplished and summons Zi Yuan, a sorceress. He learns to control fire, water, earth, wood, and metal-the traditional Chinese Wuxing elements. He later ordered the construction of the Great Wall of China, and buried his enemies' corpses beneath it. He led a civil war to become the founder of the Qin dynasty, with his men burning existing books and scrolls. In ancient China, a warlord unites the country's kingdoms into an empire, becoming the Dragon Emperor. Universal Pictures rebooted the Mummy franchise in 2017 as an attempt to start the Dark Universe franchise. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed $403 million worldwide. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor premiered in Moscow on July 24, 2008, and was released in the United States on August 1, 2008. It stars Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello (replacing Rachel Weisz, who played Evelyn in the first two films), John Hannah, Luke Ford, Anthony Wong, and Michelle Yeoh. It is the third and final installment in The Mummy trilogy. The film is set in China rather than Egypt and focuses on the Terracotta Army's origins. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is a 2008 American action adventure fantasy film directed by Rob Cohen, written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and produced by Stephen Sommers (director of the first two films), Bob Ducsay, Sean Daniel, and James Jacks.
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