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The Scorpion King (2002) -- A desert warrior rises up against the evil army that is destroying his homeland. He captures the enemy's key sorcerer, takes her deep into the desert and prepares for a final showdown.
The Scorpion King (2002) -- A desert warrior rises up against the evil army that is destroying his homeland. He captures the enemy's key sorcerer, takes her deep into the desert and prepares for a final showdown.
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Director:
Chuck Russell
Writers (WGA):
Stephen Sommers (story) and
Jonathan Hales (story) ...
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Release Date:
19 April 2002 (USA) more
Tagline:
Warrior. Legend. King.
Plot:
A desert warrior rises up against the evil army that is destroying his homeland. He captures the enemy's key sorcerer, takes her deep into the desert and prepares for a final showdown. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations more
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Live free more (416 total)

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Also Known As:
The Scorpion King (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence and some sensuality.
Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA | Germany | Belgium
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

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The "Gomorrah Bazaar" sequences were filmed on a re-dressed Spartacus (1960) set on the backlot at Universal Studios. more
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Crew or equipment visible: When Mathayus walks into the rebel camp, a cameraman in a white T-shirt and black cap can be seen crawling towards Mathayus. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
[the barbarian chieftain is holding up a skull]
Barbarian Chieftain: We have killed Babylonians!
[the barbarians cheer, he holds up another]
Barbarian Chieftain: We have killed Mesopotamians!
[the barbarians cheer]
Barbarian Chieftain: But we have never had the pleasure of killing... an Akkadian.
Jesup: [Tied up] May the gods have pity on you, for my brother will not.
[Mathayas storms in and kills the Barbarians]
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Soundtrack:
Yanking Out My Heart more

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Is The Scorpion King considered a sequel to "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns"?
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13 out of 24 people found the following comment useful.
Live free, 16 November 2006
5/10
Author: composer_mike from Edoass

-The Scorpion King character worked amazingly well in "Mummy Returns" and seeing a chance to tell more story and make more money Universal decided to give him his own movie which explains how he became what he is. Only problem is we don't learn a great deal about the guy. All we learn from the movie is how he got his army and that's it. We don't learn how he turned and become the conqueror that he becomes in "Mummy Returns". In this one he's just a sweet guy that inherits an army. It's like we see him at the start of his journey which would have been great if the movie wasn't poorly made.

-The movie suffers from an uninteresting script that pulls every cliché that one can think of. There' the comic relief that has to make a joke out of everything and fails to garner any actual laughs. There's the brother that has to die by the hands of the villain so our hero can have a purpose for what he does in the movie. There's also the one guy that starts out as an enemy then becomes his best friend in the movie, and of course my personal favorite, the hero gets the girl at the end of the movie. If it was a parody of movies like that then it would be fine, but this is suppose to be a fun adventure movie and ends up being anything but.

-Whiles "Mummy Returns" was Rock's first movie, he didn't really get to be in an entire movie till this. There's no question that he gave it his all in this movie and it really shows. He gives 1000% to the action stuff, 1000% to the acting and pretty much everything else. It's just that the script is so god awful that it makes him out to be the same cliché action hero we've seen far too many times. He's tough yet nice, and he can fight and also be sensitive at the same time. It is nice to see that Rock has gone to do bigger and better things since this debacle and his acting skills has greatly improved so I look forward to seeing more of the former wrestler.

-Michael Clark Duncan is in the movie as well as the token black guy and he's all right but the main focus of the movie is The Rock so even if he gave an Oscar worthy performance *which he didn't* then I don't think anyone would notice. Debney writes a pretty decent score but it's not exactly something that will garner any great attention. The action is pretty lame in the movie. It's pretty much the same crap we've seen before and even when they try to infuse it with something different it still makes you yawn. Maybe with more time they could have turned out something special, but this movie did come about pretty quickly so it's no shock to the system that it's not the most intriguing story in the world.

-It's a nice idea and the movie does have it great moments, but ultimately it falls flat due to it's predictable nature and not having a lackluster script.

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