Passes the Bechdel test

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Name: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Released: 2008

2008. Directed by Rob Cohen, written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and John L. Balderston.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
7 women characters. 2 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 199.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

Poster for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The film

Rick O'Connell lives a life of quiet desperation; his defining vice is an insatiable hunger for the adrenaline of the hunt. When the chance to deliver a diamond to China arises; he seizes it to escape the suffocating domesticity of a grand estate. His arrogance leads him to trust the wrong allies; fueling a betrayal that spills the blood of the innocent. This vital essence awakens a dormant tyrant; a monster shaped by stone and elemental fury. Rick must choose between his ego and the survival of his family as the Emperor marches toward immortality. The cost of his hesitation is a blade through the chest; forcing a shattered family to gamble their very souls.

Released: 01 Aug 2008
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 5.3 / 10
Metascore: 31 / 100
Awards: 2 wins & 6 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

O'Connell 170 lines, man
Alex 138 lines, man
Evelyn 123 lines, woman
Lily 89 lines, woman
Jonathan 75 lines, man
Okumura 37 lines, man
Zohora 35 lines, woman
Narrator 26 lines, woman
Willoughby 26 lines, man
Emperor Mummy 21 lines, man

Full cast, 50 people

Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell
Maria Bello as Evelyn O'Connell
John Hannah as Jonathan Carnahan
Luke Ford as Alex O'Connell
Isabella Leong Lok-Sze as Lin
Jet Li as Han
Michelle Yeoh as Zi Yuan
Anthony Wong Chau-sang as Yang
Russell Wong as Ming Guo
Liam Cunningham as "Mad Dog" Maguire
David Calder as Roger Wilson
Jessey Meng as Choi
Liang Tian as Li Zhou
Albert Kwan as Chu Wah
Wu Jing as Assassin
Wei Binghua as Assassin
Jing Guo as Assassin
Alison Louder as Woman in Bookstore
Marcia Nasatir as Russian Princess
Emerald Starr as Man in Bar
Helen Feng as Nightclub Singer
Stella Maryna Troshyna as Brunette at Imhotep's
James Bradford as Butler Jameson
Daniel Richard Giverin as Benjamin Fry
Ken Tran as Yang's Soldier
Allan Yuk-lun Chou as Yang's Soldier
Fernando Chien as Yang's Soldier
Mac Jeffrey Ong as Yang's Soldier
Chris Mark as Yang's Soldier
James Mark as Yang's Soldier
Mike Ching as Yang's Soldier
Darryl Quon as Yang's Soldier
Alex Chiang as Yang's Soldier
Paul Wu as Yang's Soldier
Larry Lam as Yang's Soldier
Brian Ho as Yang's Soldier
Vi-Hung Luv as Yang's Soldier
Huy Phong Doan as Yang's Soldier
Kyle Burnett Cashulin as Mad Dog's Pal
Charles Esposito as Mad Dog's Pal
Michael Scherer as Yeti
Scott Taylor as Yeti
Kham Tri Vixaysy as Chinese Digger
Don Lew as Chinese Digger
Regis Attiow as Mystic
Tony Wai as Mystic
Wu Yungstun as Mystic
Xiang Guangxu as Mystic
Lam Cong-Quyen as Mystic
Freda Foh Shen as Narrator (voice)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 199

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 5	6	0
6 to 10	4	0
11 to 15	9	2
16 to 20	3	0
21 to 25	25	32
26 to 30	17	17
31 to 35	35	65
36 to 40	3	20
41 to 45	20	29
46 to 50	6	22
51 to 55	2	5
56 to 60	1	10
61 to 65	2	7
66 to 70	3	1
71 to 75	2	3
76 to 80	1	1
81 to 85	6	9
86 to 90	12	40
91 to 95	15	28
96 to 100	1	1
101 to 105	1	10
106 to 110	2	15
111 to 115	11	9
116 to 120	18	12
121 to 125	6	0
126 to 130	8	11
131 to 135	16	13
136 to 140	9	10
141 to 145	0	13
146 to 150	3	10
151 to 155	4	30
156 to 160	0	2
161 to 165	0	5
166 to 170	3	5
171 to 175	4	14
176 to 180	0	5
181 to 185	2	12
186 to 190	6	12
191 to 195	5	10
196 to 199	2	7

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

ZOHORA: My child. ZOHORA: Has the Emperor been destroyed? LILY: There were a few complications.

LILY: Without their bravery, the Emperor would have discovered Shangri-La. ZOHORA: I understand, but I let you out into the world to prevent the Emperor's return. You were not to involve mortals.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 35 are women's.

273 lines from women, 497 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

7 women and 27 men in the cast. 2 women and 5 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 785. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 20 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 38% of the words (2,849), men 62% (4,594). Women have 35% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

3 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Rob Cohen (man)
Written by: Alfred Gough (man), Miles Millar (man)
Produced by: Sean Daniel (man), Stephen Sommers (man), Bob Ducsay (man), James Jacks (man)
Shot by: Simon Duggan (man)
Edited by: Joel Negron (man), Kelly Matsumoto (woman)
Music by: Randy Edelman (man)
Production design by: Nigel Phelps (man)
Costumes by: Sanja Milkovic Hays (woman)
Cast by: Ronna Kress (woman)