Alright, casting directors should really be supervised. I went to see the third installment of "The Mummy" series tonight, "The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor." It was everything I expected in a sequel that has passed its uniqueness hey-day.

I was completely annoyed with the casting in this movie. I hated "the new" Evie... Like WTF, that chick isn't his wife? And then there was his "son", lik what the hell with Luke Ford as Alex?! Who are they kidding? Really? The entire movie I was thinking this "boy" looks like he's older than his daddy! Not mention he half-acts his entire role and is just not convincing at all as the college drop out, rebel against your parents womanizing child. Someone should also tell this guys agent that "Luke Ford" is also a notable gay porn producer in the USA, and that the actor should really consider changing his stage name here. I saw his name in the opening credits and nearly spewed popcorn all over the row in front of me!

The plot was intriguing, good premise to start. The potential for a great movie was in there somewhere originally. The actual execution, was a C+ grade at best. The special effects as expected were top notch, clearly they spent money there instead of on writers. The overuse of the effects in the last 30 minutes of the movie, clearly was meant to compensate for lack of a really good ending for the story.

It's a movie to take the kids to next time you want to drop them off at the mall and have the theater babysit. However, if you're looking for interesting plot twists and never-seen before effects -- don't bother, wait for the video.

For those of you who are Brendan Fraser fans (from back in his "Gods and Monsters" days before he started losing his hair), there is one tiny little ray of interest about the middle of the movie -- we get to see daddy with his shirt off for about 5 minutes. Daaaaaayyymmmn! He's clearly been working out! And he is looking *fiiiiinne* for forty-something! I only wish they had put another 20 or 30 minutes of him running around shirtless. It would have made it worth the 8 bucks for this flick.