Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Plot synopsis:
In this third film of the 'Night at the Museum', the opening scene is in Egypt, 1938. A team of archaeologists are digging into a tomb to look for a valuable artefact. A young boy falls through a hole that leads his father and the others to what they came for - the Tablet of Ahkmenrah. Several local men see the Tablet and say "The end will come". The Tablet is later kept hidden for centuries.We move to the present day in New York City where a big event is going on at the Museum of Natural History. Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) is overseeing the event while Dr. McPhee (Ricky Gervais) is in attendance. Larry gathers the favorite exhibits, including Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), Attila The Hun (Patrick Gallagher), Sacajawea (Mizuo Peck), Dexter the monkey, and Rexy the T-Rex skeleton. Elsewhere, Jedediah (Owen Wilson) and Octavius (Steve Coogan) are watching a funny cat video on YouTube. Larry even meets a caveman named Laa (also Ben Stiller in a dual role), who was modeled to look like Larry as a joke.What nobody notices is that the Tablet is starting to corrode, causing all the exhibits to act wild and cause chaos during the event. The exhibits attack guests and rum amok all over the place. Dexter slaps Larry a few times. Everyone later calms down, uncertain of what happened until they look at the Tablet and notice the corrosion.Larry goes home to find his son Nicky (Skyler Gisondo) throwing a party where he's acting as the DJ. Larry sends all the kids out. Now that Nick's done with high school, he has pursued other interests and is looking to become a DJ full time. It's also clear that the relationship with his father has strained a bit.On his quest to find answers, Larry discovers a picture of the boy and his father during the expedition. He learns that the boy is C.J. Fredericks, better known to Larry as Cecil Fredericks (Dick Van Dyke), the former museum security guard that tried to steal the Tablet for himself. Larry finds Cecil in a retirement home along with his elderly cohorts Gus (Mickey Rooney) and Reginald (Bill Cobbs). Larry explains to Cecil what's happening, and he recalls hearing "The end will come". He suggests that they find Ahkmenrah's parents, who are all the way in the British Museum of Natural History. Larry later goes to McPhee, who is in the process of being fired, and convinces him to call the British Museum and allow Larry to travel there with Ahkmenrah. McPhee gets on the phone and makes it happen.Larry and Nick travel to London to get to the British Museum. They meet the security guard of that museum, Tilly (Rebel Wilson), an obese but cheerful young lady who is eccentric and thinks being an American security guard would be cooler than where she's at. When Larry gets into the museum, he sees that Laa, Teddy, Sacajawea, Attila, Dexter, Jed, and Octavius all sneaked into the crate to join in the adventure. Since the Tablet now brings the British exhibits to life, the gang first encounters a triceratops skeleton that chases after them. They are saved by Sir Lancelot (Dan Stevens), who punches the triceratops in the nose. Unfortunately, the gang has also lost Jed and Octavius, who have fallen through the ventilation chambers.The gang goes off to find Jed and Octavius, when they come across a multi-headed snake exhibit that comes to life and attacks. Meanwhile, Jed and Octavius land on a Pompeii exhibit just as it erupts. The gang fights off the snake monster while Dexter finds Jed and Octavius. Larry defeats the snake with a defibrillator while Dexter pees on the lava to save Jed and Octavius.The gang finds the tombs of Ahkmenrah's parents, Merenkahre (Ben Kingsley) and Shepseheret (Anjali Jay). Merenkahre is at first hesitant to reveal the truth behind the Tablet, but he eventually admits that it was a gift made for his son when he was a baby. It needs moonlight to retain its magic. Then, Lancelot reveals his true intention to steal the Tablet as he holds Nick with a knife to his neck. Larry surrenders the Tablet, and Lancelot runs off with it to find Guinevere (King Arthur's lady) and win her over. The Tablet continues to corrode, causing Teddy's arms to freeze up and Ahkmenrah to age.The gang races to find Lancelot, but are cornered by lion statues. Larry distracts them with a flashlight like in the cat video. Tilly then locks Larry and Laa in the security room. There, Larry starts to think about his relationship with Nick. Laa points to his head and Larry thinks he means he needs to open his mind to Nick's interests, but Laa just smashes the glass with his head and breaks Larry out.Lancelot has made his way to a local theater showing a Camelot production starring Hugh Jackman as King Arthur and Alice Eve as Guinevere. The knight runs onstage with the Tablet and tries to convince Alice to join him, though she insists that she's just an actress. Larry and the gang catch up to them and chase Lancelot to the roof where he takes a torch and the Tablet. Larry follows him (after telling Hugh how amazing he is) and corners Lancelot on the roof. However, the Tablet's magic is now almost completely gone. Teddy, Sacajawea, Ahkmenrah, Dexter, Jed and Octavius all freeze up. Larry convinces Lancelot (whose nose has melted a bit because of the torch) to give him back to Tablet to save his friends. He lets the moonlight hit it, restoring the Tablet's golden look and bringing everyone back to life.Larry returns the Tablet to Merenkahre and decides that it and Ahkmenrah should stay there at the British Museum. The other exhibits decide to go back with Larry, knowing that even though they won't come back to life anymore, they'll still have had their adventures with Larry. Larry returns to New York and bonds with Nick.Three years later, a British History event is happening at the Museum of Natural History. Tilly shows up to McPhee's office with a box. McPhee says that Larry left the museum and went on to become a teacher. Tilly opens the box and takes out the Tablet. She brings McPhee to show all the exhibits come to life, including some new light displays. McPhee has a big smile on his face as the exhibits play music and party together. Outside, Larry watches and smiles.de

Tags: whimsical, historical

Review:
It is however regarded as a nice family film to sit down and enjoy, so was the second instalment, and this one isn't any different.We all know the premise; a special Egyptian tablet makes it possible for all the exhibits in the museum to come to life at night.
Of course another thing we enjoy with these movies is the actual museum coming to life and they do some really cool stuff with that idea and it's awesome to see these historical figures interact with statues and even paintings!They brought us some new characters too which included Lancelot who steals so many scenes and has some great lines, I love that character; also we get Ben Kingsley as King Merenkahre who surprisingly didn't actually have much screen time for a big-name actor.
In the end Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb was a fun ride just like the first two, it has some awesome surprises I wasn't expecting and all round a good family film..
In this installment, the tablet that keeps the exhibits alive at night is starting to lose its power and the only way to prevent the magic from disappearing is going to the British museum which would be able to restore the power of the tablet back to its glory, I will say while in some ways it closes one chapter being Larry daily but leaves the story to continue with another..
Good Fun. In the third instalment of the Night at the Museum movies, the tablet that brings the museum exhibits to life is losing it's power and to fix it, Ben Stiller and the gang have to go visit the only person who knows how to fix it, at the London's British Museum.This movie was definitely more entertaining than I thought it would be.
At the heart of the franchise is Ben Stiller, a comic actor with deceptively understated style, and this time he gets to plays two very contrasting roles, particularly funny when his characters interact.If there are weaknesses in this outing, they are that perhaps too many of the original characters are involved (meaning that screen time is spread rather thinly between them), there could have been more original museum characters (the main one is Dan Stevens as Sir Lancelot), and it would have been good to have more female roles (Australian Rebel Wilson as the BM security guard is effectively the only substantive one).
Secret of the Tomb delivers adequately in the way a third film should, with heart, care and laughter.Larry the night guard is still living the dream caring for the exhibits, and familiar characters, that come alive at night at the Museum of Natural History, thanks to the Tablet of Ahkmenrah.
Motivated to save his friends, he ventures on a quest to discover more about the Tablet which brings him to the Museum of London as a last ditch effort to restore the Tablet and preserve his waxy, plastic and ancient companions.With its third and final installment, director Shawn Levy returns to the magic that existed in the original Night at the Museum which ultimately captivated film-goers.
Screenwriters David Guion and Michael Handelman smartly bring back beloved characters from the first film and don't muddy up the premise or story too much with over-complications.Fans of the franchise will be pleasantly surprised by the heartfelt and sentimental Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.
A fun and entertaining finale, I would recommend Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb to anyone looking for a good family film.
-Secret of the Tomb is the third and final installment of the Night At The Museum series, and this time the tablet's power is running out and the gang must go to the British Natural History Museum to try to find answers and save the gang!
The movie looks like it runs out of fuel and try to squeeze everything necessary to keep it alive and worth to watch, with the help of good special effect and cameo!The storyline is waayyy too simple, for a franchise which made a big bucks with its first installment, it feels that they have lack of ideas, no surprise, no twists, just plain.
Museum night guard Ben Stiller's relationship with his now teenage son is emphasized, and it doesn't feel real at all.My two favorite scenes involved Luke Wilson as a miniature cowboy and Steve Coogan as a miniature Roman soldier.
Still about the actors, this film retained almost all of the previous cast, notably Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais and Dick Van Dyke, who makes a brief cameo such as Hugh Jackman, in the role of himself.
This, the concluding chapter of the series, is also very enjoyable.In SECRET OF THE TOMB Larry Daley and his friends (and also his son) have to go to the British Museum for re-charging the tablet because it became green after years and all the exhibits behave very strange.
The cast is as always full of famous faces: in small cameos Dick van Dyke, Bill Cobbs and Mickey Rooney (in his final movie), Hugh Jackman as himself, Robin Williams (in his final live action performance) and Ben Kingsley as Akmenrah's dad.
But I have to agree with some other reviewers including TheLittleSongbird that Rebel Wilson is very annoying at times.However, while not perfect like his two predecessors, it's still very worth watching also for Robin Williams' final bow.
It will be hard to imagine a fourth Night At The Museum film without Robin Williams playing Teddy Roosevelt so I'm betting this film will end the series with
When the tablet of Ahkmenrah begins to lose its magical ability to bring museum exhibits to life, night-watchman Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) takes a trip to the London Museum of Natural History in the hope of finding out how to restore the artefact to full power.The first Night at the Museum movie was a very enjoyable family fantasy that proved entertaining throughout thanks to a highly original concept, the introduction of lots of memorable characters, and loads of great special effects; the second movie was more of the same, but in my opinion made up for any lack of originality by featuring the lovely Amy Adams in very tight trousers.
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, the third film in the series, offers absolutely nothing new, delivers precious few genuinely funny moments, and this time around, there are no shots of Ms Adams' delightful derrière to compensate.A monkey peeing on diminutive characters Jedediah (Owen Wilson) and Octavius (Steve Coogan) provides the biggest laugh, which speaks volumes about the film as a whole..
Overall rating: 2.5 stars Cinematic value: 2 stars Family value: 3 stars The success of the Museum of Natural History in New York and this film series has come to rely on the magic that comes about every night.
The last night at the museum has its own moments just like the previous two installments, the Egyptian theme and the tomb at the very beginning of the film might bring audiences the feeling of getting back to the first two Mummy films, but soon after that, everything ruins thanks to the easy, lazy story line without a proper exploration on each characters development and to build a logic connection and memory among themselves.
'Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb (2014)' follows its own established formula almost verbatim, but does cap off the series rather nicely by providing an apt and definitive end in a way which feels respectful and even slightly resonant (though its final dance number does take away from the surprisingly melancholic mood).
But i would not recommend this to you if you don't like non fiction movies, or if you don't like the characters, or any of the things i said about people who would watch this but the opposite of what i said about it.When the exhibits at New York's Natural History Museum start behaving strangely, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) -- now the director of nighttime operations -- must find out the cause.
He learns that the Tablet, which magically brings Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), Jedediah (Owen Wilson) and the other exhibits to life at night, has started to decay.
Of course, another thing we enjoy with these movies is the actual museum coming to life and they do some really cool stuff with that idea and it's awesome to see these historical figures interact with statues and even paintings!To make it even worse they recast the son, Nick, into this new actor who looks nothing like the other boy who probably would be of a somewhat comparable age so it's beyond me why they did it, but the far worse offense than simple recasting was to change the entire personality of the boy.
This movie is about an tablet tomb that start dying because of it using too much of its magic,and the gang has to try and find out how to heal it.the actors did very well acting too i don't know how they made the dinosaurs came to life but it was cool.I liked how the movie was educational and funny at the same time and also how it brought excitement and how it kids and adults can learn a little history the actors did very well acting they did not mess up at all i like all the parts of the movie.I would recommend this to 10-35 years of age because of how much you can learn and cause of some content.
The little monkey I think that makes for some funny scenes try this one you'll like it ..p.s the first "Nicky," was played by a talented little kid in previous "Night At The Museum," but Skyler is certainly good as a high school senior and this whole movie keeps you guessing in a positive way.
Apart from the lead performance from Ben Stiller and the addition of Lancelot, other positive things about this sequel are the returning characters: Jedediah (Owen Wilson) and Octavius (Steve Coogan) who are perhaps my favorite of the franchise, and the cameos from Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, and Bill Cobbs who return from the first film.
Ben Stiller with his serious/Intense comedy has always worked magic in the 3 parts of Night at the Museum,This Was also a farewell for Robin Williams ,may he rest in peace.Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan and the whole cast are so funny ,, more lines were given to Ricky Gervais this time ,, also Hugh Jackman's appearance was a really Hilarious scene :Dgosh ,, also Rebel Wilson as the guard in London museum,, so was Hilarious :D :DThe writers did a good job, the production was perfect with a new set in London..
Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney (in his final film) make nice small appearances, but other than Stevens the best performance comes from Robin Williams in a performance that's funny and somewhat moving.
With laughs, excitement and heart felt moments Night at the Museum 3 Secrets of the Tomb is a great movie to lose your self in.
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB review by Mike Smith Larry leaves New York City and travels to London to embark on another epic quest to save the Tablet of Ahkmenrah before the magic that brings the museum to life is gone forever.Night at the Museum 3 is an awesome way to cap off the trilogy.
It is a good send of to a legendary career.With laughs, excitement and heart felt moments Night at the Museum 3 Secrets of the Tomb is a great movie to lose your self in, have a fun viewing exercise and never underestimate a sequel.
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb is a farewell that pretty much like the previous movies; harmless and family friendly.
It is with great sorrow we have to say good bye to this series of films and characters that me and the kids have come to love, maybe it continues at another time and place, but for now it seems this is the last Night at the Museum or should we say the last night at the Museum of Natural History in New York.Sadly this visit is not as good as I had hoped it to be, it is a nice finish to the movies and a good last visit by Robin Williams and Mickey Rooney, but the film is not as inventive as the previous was, not as fun and not as interesting.There is still a lot of fun scenes, some new fun characters and a whole new place to explore, but it just isn't enough.
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb continues with the adventures of Larry Daley(Ben Stiller) who is the night guard at the Museum of Natural History & the various exhibits that come to life at night in the museum including, Teddy Roosevelt(Robin Williams), Jedediah(Owen Wilson), Octavius(Steve Coogan), Ahkmenrah(Rami Malek), Attila the Hun(Patrick Gallagher), Sacajawea(Mizuo Peck) & Dexter(Crystal the Monkey).
I loved the new characters in this movie, especially, Sir Lancelot(Dan Stevens), Tilly(Rebel Wilson) & Laaa(Ben Stiller).
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb is worth a watch if you're a fan of the previous movies of the franchise..
"Night of the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" is the 3rd and last entry in the "Night of the Museum" series, that began in 2006, with all 3 films with Ben Stiller in the lead, as "Larry", the night watchman for the Museum of Natural History in New York, whose exhibits, including a number of historical figures, such as President Theodore Roosevelt, played by the now late Robin Williams, come to life at night, due to the magic tablet of Ahkmenrah.
What's so unexpected is that there's actually a zany spark of life to Secret Of The Tomb, one which makes the film a joy to watch - even if its plot is decidedly undercooked.Larry (Ben Stiller), the night watchman at one of New York's finest museums, has been privy to its biggest secret for years.
With that in mind, I managed to avoid extreme disappointment like I should, and the movie did surprise me a bit with a whole new set and characters which took place in the London's museum background, and some decent scenes with good and awe special effects.
Like I expected, jokes fell flat, watching Ben Stiller acting is like watching my chair all day, the old characters except for Robin Williams don't even have a single remarkable quote, they just run around screaming and being useless for 98 minutes, the Pharaoh's story and secrets is beyond lame and has nothing to do with the reason why the tablet are causing problems.
Night at the Museum: Secret of the TombTrapped in a museum that comes to life is only pleasurable if that museum is in Amsterdam's red-light district.Sadly, the lively gallery in this comedy is found in London, England.When the enchanted Egyptian tablet that brings New York's Museum of Natural History to life every night goes on the fritz, Larry (Ben Stiller), his son and some exhibits (Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Rami Malek) go to the British Museum to speak to it's architect (Ben Kingsley).But a sentient wax statue of Sir Lancelot (Dan Stevens) steals the tablet to impress King Arthur.With a bevy of old and new characters to distract from the schmaltzy father/son moments, this final instalment of the amiable and awkwardly educational series is a fitting, and often funny, bookend to this middling franchise.Incidentally, if you ever want to make-out with celebrities just take the tablet to a Madame Tussauds.
I don't usually find myself to be a fan of family films like this one; although I have seen the first two in the series I wasn't expecting much from based on how much I disliked the second.I watched this at the cinema with some friends and it kept up with all the same characters from the first two films (Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Robin Williams etc).
This one has museum night security guard Larry Daley (once again played by Ben Stiller) trying to keep the magical tablet from corroding and losing it's special powers.
He joins forces with his exhibit buddies there, who travel by crate, and new museum characters; including a neanderthal that looks just like him (Stiller), another night security guard (Wilson) and Sir Lancelot (Stevens).I was not a big fan of the original 2006 film and I especially didn't care for it's 2009 sequel.
This by the way, is the final movie in the Night of the museum series because it is a trilogy and every trilogy must come to an end..
For the final night, the final movie and the film ended...so so.The story is about Museum guard Larry Daley played by Ben Stiller, heads from New York City to London in order to save the magic that brings the displays to life, as the tablet is losing its power.A quick recap of the other two Museums films and then I will talk about the third one: The first Night at the Museum film I thought was pretty good and solid family film.
The movie looks really good has well like the all movie has that Christmas with that light blue color to it.Now let's talk about the ending to this movie and this isn't a big spoiler because you know this is the last movie and all the character's have to say their goodbye's and the scene with Robin Williams and Ben Stiller wrap up moment almost had me in tears.
Night at the Museum:Secret of the tomb is an okay movie, neither good nor bad, it definitely wouldn't defeat its previous installments but if u want to the another adventure of Larry and Gang, go for it.