30
Tiresome and messy.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
30
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
Too much of the proceedings are silly rather than horrifying, with the nadir being the appearance of some particularly athletic Yetis who briefly pitch in to lend a hand.
25
Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman
I'm afraid it just stinks.
38
Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips
The film has one objective: to smack its audience in the face with fleeting, competing wows, over and over.
25
San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle
As for Fraser, his clumsy humanity is endearing, but by now, assuming he has invested wisely, he should have enough money saved so as to not have to waste his talent anymore.
67
Dragon Emperor succeeds largely through sheer excess: It's doubtful that any idea was thrown out for being too implausible.
50
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
After an hour of inert exposition, a race through Shanghai gooses the movie alive. Then it plunges back into torpor.
75
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Now why did I like this movie? It was just plain dumb fun, is why. It is absurd and preposterous, and proud of it.
50
Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
The movie bogs down in tiresome good guys vs. bad guys action cliches.
20
Reheating the ingredients can't disguise how stale they are, as setpiece after setpiece strains to whip up excitement, only to fall flat while reminding of previous sequences that did such things ever so much better.