Mummy Trilogy Box (2009)

This review is for the Blue Ray collection. Picture: Pristine. Sound: Great. Movies: I & II Grand Entertainment. Universal successfully resuscitated it's venerable monster genre and transformed it into bigtime Tentpole event movies and produced two very good action adventure rides to take with the kids. III Phoned in. Brendan collects huge paycheck and goes home. Rachel wisely stays away in the first place. Kid being groomed to carry on the poor man's Shia (and I didn't think much of him either). Jet Li stony and morose. Story is flat. Use of China as a backdrop secondary and poorly executed (nothing new or breathtaking here). This truly is the sin we're actually IN China for heaven's sake and there is no grand vista, no expansive shots to dazzle us with the landscape. In watching the nightclub scenes I kept expecting Kate Capshaw to step out and start singing it's that derivative. Everything else is CGI. No overall quality to raise it to the level of the other two. But the kids will like the ride none-the-less...and yet...Worth the upgrade? YES for the first two alone.

This set appears to have been intended for sale in Europe one of the ratings labels on the cover appears to be for the Irish Film Censor's Office. Being that I live in the US and was aware of the regional coding issues present with a lot of DVDs, I was a little nervous about buying this. I read up online about region coding on Blu-Rays and apparently it's used a lot less than in the DVD era and one source indicated that Universal doesn't region code their Blu-Rays at all.

I decided to try this set out due to the price difference between this version and the US labeled one. I use a PS3 for a Blu-Ray player and the discs work perfectly. I have a TON of language choices I'll only use one, but that may be helpful to others out there. Other than that, absolutely no difference as far as the movie content and special features.

I'm glad I took the gamble.

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I love the Mummy movies. A trilogy box set was perfect....as long as they don't make a fourth. After watching ' The Mummy; Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. they better not. The action was great in the aforementioned movie, the chemistry was not as good, and some of the acting weak....but hey it was still fun. If you love the Mummy movies and don't have them all, this is a great deal for the price.

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I have loved the original 'Mummy' since it came out, and have had the dvd since its release. I have been waiting for the new movie and the blu-ray versions to become available, and have not been disappointed. This was a great package deal for an awesome trilogy!!

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When I bought Van Helsing which had the monstrous trio of Dracula, Frankenstein and the Werewolf, I realized the Mummy was missing from the monster squad. So when I had the opportunity, I bought the Mummy trilogy blu-ray boxset. I wasn't disappointed as the 3 films provided thrilling entertainment with the highest audio-visual quality. The 1080p high definition graphics brought out the sharpest and minutest details. For example, you can see the fine sand particles blowing as the Mummy transforms himself into sand and then disperses at will. Each film also comes with plenty of extra features, showcasing the movie-making processes, special effects secrets and deleted scenes etc. All 3 films are encoded with DTS-HD audio which brings the action sequences to life with booming bass.

Amongst the 3 films, my favourite is Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Probably because it was the latest in the franchise, the visuals and audio are the most pristine. This movie also transplants the Mummy mythology into other civilizations (in this case, terracotta warriors) and takes the audience out of Egypt for a refreshing change. The Yeti monsters were very well done and animated; the avalanche scenes were breathtaking; the Dragon Emperor was probably more fearsome than Imhotep had ever been.

I highly recommend this blu-ray boxset to HD movie buffs. Although the franchise is very heavy on CGI (not surprising, being Stephen Sommers films), each film offers 2 hours' money worth of entertainment for the action-adventure fan. Until Universal Pictures makes the 4th film, this boxset offers the best collection of Mummy adventures money can buy,