IESB just posted a script review for "The Mummy III" that was written by "Smallville" creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and dated August 2005. Here's an excerpt:
"The central premise is that we're dealing with a new mummy now, re: the desiccated remains of China's first uber-Emperor Qin Shihuang who wants to take over the world by releasing his army of warriors who were cursed and turned into terracotta statues a few millennia ago. This cool enough connection to the real terracotta warriors in China and similar tie-ins with the Great Wall, Shangri La, Yeti, etc. are all interesting concepts to have explored and could have been made into a truly great film. Could have...
This script blatantly rips off not just one but all three Indiana Jones films. From the Blue Vial containing Magical Plot Solution to the Shanghai nightclub to the rolling Prayer Wheel to O'Connell's newfound ability to Deus Ex Machina crocodiles at will, this script offers more bad retreads than a tire shop in Heme... This script contains some of the worst "on the nose" dialogue (entire scenes of it!) I have ever read in a screenplay where authors were PAID to write it"
For the full review, click here.
