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Extremely uneven, but when he's good he's pretty good


His best work, which I'd say is The Fast and the Furious, Dragonheart and Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, is pretty good. Even his middle-of-the-road movies like xXx, Daylight and The Hurricane Heist aren't bad. But sometimes he turns in something like Stealth or The Mummy 3, which are both below-average efforts.

I definitely think we need director's like him though, guys who are able to make B-movie fun and who aren't trying to win Oscars. It's a shame that he doesn't work more often though, as he takes a while between projects. Hopefully his new film Speedhunters will be cool.

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I loved Dragonheart and have a soft spot for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

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Man, I wanted to like that third Mummy movie but I just couldn't do it.

Considering how awesome the first movie is--it's legit one of my favorite movies of all time--I really wanted the Mummy franchise to turn into something special. As it stands though, I think it's one great movie with two disappointing sequels and and an OK spin-off.

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