I’m still a little surprised by how popular Universal’s Mummy franchise has turned out to be- beginning as a goofy big-budget ripoff of Indiana Jones and generating two sequels and one spinoff film for The Rock. But maybe I shouldn’t be- at a time when even a theatrical washout like Hulk can get sequel-ized, it makes sense that a moneymaking (albeit hardly beloved) property like The Mummy would be revisited by its studio. The high concept of this installment- Mummy goes to China- is actually decent, if for no other reason than to show people that mummification wasn’t only done in ancient Egypt. But if this doesn’t look as cheesy as I’d originally anticipated, that’s only because I was expecting a big stinky brick of Limburger and this is more like a package of Velveeta. Also, it’s a little jarring at first to see Maria Bello in the trailer, but upon further reflection it makes sense- after failing to get Oscar attention for her acclaimed work in The Cooler and A History of Violence, she probably figured she needed a blockbuster on her resume to get the Academy’s attention. After all, it worked for Rachel Weisz, right?