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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

★ 5.5 · 4,787 ratings on TMDB

A new evil awakens.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor poster★ 5.5

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.

DirectorRob Cohen
CastAnthony Wong Chau-Sang, Brendan Fraser, Isabella Leong Lok-Sze, Jet Li, John Hannah, Liam Cunningham
GenresAction, Adventure, Fantasy
The emergence reading

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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