The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to pursue a quest for world domination. This time, O'Connell enlists the help of his wife and son to quash the so-called 'Dragon Emperor' and his abuse of supernatural power.

Nearly all critics found the third Mummy installment a joyless, effects-heavy slog that had run out of ideas, though a small dissenting camp — most notably Roger Ebert — argued its sheer dumb excess was exactly the point. The central divide is between those who found it passable, unpretentious popcorn and those who saw it as a franchise coasting on fumes without the wit or rhythm to justify its runtime.