By Iain Blair

Brendan Fraser seems to be everywhere these days. He was just hurtling to our planet’s core on his Journey to the Center of the Earth, and now he’s taken a detour to fight his way through the latest Universal Pictures’ installment of its Mummy blockbuster franchise, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. The movie is a total crowd-pleaser for kids of all ages, and  - what could be more timely – is set in China.

As usual, the Rob Cohen-directed spectacular – also largely shot in China  - features enough CGI to stop an evil Chinese emperor and his army in its tracks, and it also features eye-popping opening and end title sequences created by Karin Fong and Steve Fuller of Imaginary Forces. They used brushstroke painting that comes to life, using brushstroke silhouettes of recognizable characters from the film, with 3D models provided by Rhythm & Hues and Digital Domain. The result bookends the movie in a truly inspired way. 

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