The Scorpion King (2002)

5.2	Rating (1042 ratings)
5.5	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Chuck Russell

Starring (View all)

Dwayne Johnson
Mathayus

Steven Brand
Memnon

Michael Clarke Duncan
Balthazar

Kelly Hu
The Sorceress

Bernard Hill
Philos

Grant Heslov
Arpid

Peter Facinelli
Takmet

Ralf Moeller
Thorak

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Stephen Sommers
(story) and

Jonathan Hales
(story)

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In a nutshell: it's awful!

15 years, 7 months ago at Sep 9 7:56

PvtCaboose91

1 vote

"Rivers of blood will never bring peace."

Spin-off movies are risky endeavours. Following the enormous success of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns it was destiny that the studio would either develop another sequel or a spin-off. In 2002 it apparently seemed more convenient to develop an adventure featuring an underused and underdeveloped character from The Mummy Returns. In this case... read more

An average movie

13 years, 4 months ago at Dec 23 12:34

johanlefourbe

1 vote

Obviously, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since Nick, my step-son really loved The Mummy franchise, I thought we might as well check it out. To be honest, I thought it was not bad, at least, better than I expected. Indeed, even though the Rock made his introduction in ‘The Mummy Returns’, he was in the movie for only maybe 10 minutes which was rather disappointing so I thought i... read more

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11 years, 11 months ago at Jun 1 17:48

Goodboi

1 vote

The Rock has his first starring role in this prequel to The Mummy films, which was developed while The Mummy Returns was still in production. The film takes place in ancient times, when a mighty swordsman, Memnon (Steven Brand, making his film debut) ruled over nearly all the known world. Memnon, a brutal tyrant, defeats his enemies in battle with the help of a beautiful sorceress, Cassandra (Kell... read more

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In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.

Release date: 18 April 2002
UPC: 025192240126

Tags: Action (34), Adventure (28), Fantasy (24), 2002 (17), 2000s (10), (8), Thriller (7), Romance (7), Magic (7), Egypt (6), Fight (6), Prequel (6), Resistance (6), Valley (6), Flaming Sword (5), Archery (5), Camel (5), Sand (5), Swordplay (5), Gunpowder (5)

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So he's...the bad guy?

“Okay, I'm confused. The Mummy Returns portrays the Scorpion King as some evil tyrant who wants to take over the world by smiting any and all civilizations in his way. But that's exactly the opposite of the same character in his very own movie. In fact he struggles to overthrow an evil ruler for those very reasons.So when, and why, did he become bad? I'm afraid I'm not following this. The movie, however, is entertaining, if rather short and silly. Chuck Russell tries to cram in loads of fighting and hokum as he can. It works and The Rock is very cool as said King (or Mathayus) and former Jason victim Kelly Hu is gorgeous as the scantily-clad Cassandra. Grant Heslov and Michael Clarke Duncan fill out their usual roles as ethnic comic-relief and big, muscley guy.The film has slightly less int” read more

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