Centuries ago, the evil Emperor Han was cursed by the sorceress Zi Yuan who transformed him and his army into a mummies. In 1946, the explorer Rick O’Connell and his wife Evelyn O’Connell are invited by the British government to take the relic diamond ``The Eye of Shangri-La`` to China. The ancient stone is capable of resurrecting the Emperor Han and of pointing the way to Shangri-La and the eternal pool of life. When the couple reaches China, they meet their son Alex O’Connell, who has discovered the tomb of Han, and Evelyn’s brother Jonathan Carnahan. The O’Connells are betrayed by their friend Prof..
The Tang Dynasty is in tatters; infighting snarls the imperial family. Crown Prince Wu Luan loves Little Wan,
but his father takes her as his Empress. Wu Luan goes into exile,
studying dance and music. His uncle murders his father, taking throne
and Empress; uncle sends assassins to kill Wu Luan. The Crown
Prince eludes death and comes to court. The Emperor arranges for Little
Wan’s coronation and dispatches Wu Luan to a distant land; he then
calls for a midnight banquet on the 100th day of his rule. Poison,
treachery, Wu Luan’s return, and the love of the innocent Qing for Wu
Luan set up the final entanglements. No Fortinbras or Horatio lay the
dead to rest..
