Chaos at the museum
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“Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb” final installment of the Night at the Museum trilogy, directed by Shawn Levy is now being screened at the Savoy 3D Cinema Wellawatte. The film stars Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Dan Stevens and Ben Kingsley.
After an overlong prologue set in Egypt in 1938, the film engages in a gleefully chaotic sequence where the exhibits go haywire during a big benefit at the planetarium. Not only is the idea that these reanimated characters are commonplace and are interesting ideas, but the fact that they could turn from their personas as Stiller’s cuddly buddies to something more sinister is intriguing. It turns out their bad behaviour is because a corrosive agent is warping the tablet, and, should this moss-like growth (it turns from green to blue for no reason at all) cover the tablet, then the museum inhabitants will never spring to life again.
This leads the gang, for reasons having more to do with tax incentives than plot mechanics, to the British Museum, where young mummy Ahkmenrah (Rami Malek) can be reunited with his father Merenkahre (Ben Kingsley), and get to the bottom of what is going on with this magical tablet.
The 20th Century Fox film is presented by E.A.P. Films.
