The final chapter of Night at the Museum brought laughter back into the room that abruptly left with the untimely death of Robin Williams in August and the passing of Mickey Rooney in April.

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb has served its purpose as a sendoff to the trilogy, while the intention of the filmmakers to bid a proper farewell to comedian Williams and actor Rooney was heartfelt.

The film, which was released by 20th Century Fox on Dec. 19 in the US and is currently playing in theaters in Indonesia, was dedicated to both legendary actors, who were part of the Museum franchise since its premiere in 2006.

The third time around is the charm for this Ben Stiller vehicle, with most of the cast members returning to the screen, an un-embarrassingly funny plot and a global reach.

Larry Daley (Stiller), the night watchman at the New York Museum of Natural History, who has been promoted to oversee the '€œspecial effects'€ event at the museum, finds the exhibits that come alive at night acting weirdly and scaring museum visitors.

Egyptian pharaoh Ahkmenrah (Rami Malek) suspects that the corrosion on his supernatural tablet, their life source, has affected their behavior and suggests Daley find the answer from his father Merenkahre (Ben Kingsley), the creator of the tablet, at an exhibit at the British Museum of Natural History.

To get approval from museum curator Dr. McPhee (Ricky Gervais), who is in the process of being fired because of the incident, Daley has to convince him that the exhibits are not moving because of animatronics at all and that they have to fix the tablet.

Daley takes the pharaoh and his tablet to London, along with his only son Nicky (Skyler Gisondo), who plans on not going to college but becoming a DJ in Ibiza, Spain.

However, the whole gang smuggles their way into the crate to help Daley on his mission.

The wax statue of the 26th US president, Theodore Roosevelt, or Teddy (Williams), cowboy figurine Jedediah (Owen Wilson), Roman soldier figurine Octavius (Steve Coogan), Attila the Hun (Patrick Gallagher), Indian woman Sacagawea (Mizuo Peck), Capuchin monkey Dexter (Crystal the Monkey) and Neanderthal wax statue Laa (Stiller'€™s double play with director Shawn Levy as stand-in) join in their last magical adventure.

Rogue'€™s gallery: Neanderthal wax statue Laa (Ben Stiller in a double role) and security guard Tilly (Rebel Wilson). 20th Century Fox

As soon as the Ahkmenrah tablet enters the British Museum that evening, all the exhibits come to life. Their newfound status makes them aggressive as they are not yet used to it and stalls our friends'€™ journey to the Egypt section and, as time starts to run out, they slowly turn back to their original state.

A warning is needed here. Entertainment value over accuracy is mostly the case in Hollywood movies, so please bear in mind that dinosaur skeletons of any kind and the xiangliu artifact (nine-headed snake monster in Chinese mythology) are non-existent at the real British Museum. Look out also for Williams voicing the Garuda artifact.

New cast members for this third installment were not mere additions to the comic gift for this holiday
season.

Australian Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids, Pitch Perfect) plays Tilly, the British Museum'€™s guard, while Dan Stevens (TV series Downton Abbey) is Sir Lancelot in armor '€” on his own quest to find the Holy Grail to be given to his beloved
Guinevere.

Another Australian actor, Hugh Jackman, plays himself alongside Alice Eve (Sex and the City 2, Men in Black 3, Star Trek Into Darkness) as herself, who at the time were on stage playing the characters of King Arthur and Guinevere in a West End theater.

The gang takes us around the city, the streets of which are alive with animated statues that night, including the lions of Trafalgar Square.

As the Egyptian royals and the tablet have to stay in London, Daley says goodbye to the rest of the exhibits '€“ the last of which is Teddy Roosevelt, who turns back to wax with the first streak of sunlight.

Despite the comedy genre, Secret of the Tomb was heavy with themes of mortality and loss, which makes it suitable for family entertainment. It'€™s the kind of movie that won'€™t get old, especially because it preserves Williams'€™ final onscreen performance.

Night at the Museum:
Secret of the Tomb

Director: Shawn Levy
Production: 20th Century Fox
Screenwriters: David Guion, Michael Handelman
Cast: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Dan Stevens, Ben Kingsley, Rebel Wilson
Running time: 98 minutes