'The Mummy' franchise runs out of steam

The third film in The Mummy series opens in 200 BC with a brief history of the rise of the Dragon Emperor (Jet Li) and his defeat at the hands of wily sorceress Zi Yuan (Michelle Yeoh).

Jumping forward to the mid-40s, archaeologist Alex O’Connell (Luke Ford) uncovers the terracotta statue of the emperor in his burial chamber and unwittingly unleashes the otherworldly ruler and his acolytes on an unsuspecting world.