The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008) (V)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Russell Mulcahy

Writers:

Randall McCormick (screenplay)
Stephen Sommers (character)

Release Date:

19 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Tagline:

See how the legend of The Scorpion King began!

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Scream | Open Market | Spear | Magic Sword | Prison

Cast

Michael Copon	...	Mathayus
Karen Shenaz David	...	Layla (as Karen David)
Simon Quarterman	...	Ari
Tom Wu	...	Fong
Andreas Wisniewski	...	Pollux
Randy Couture	...	Sargon
Natalie Becker	...	Astarte
Jeremy Crutchley	...	Baldo
Shane Manie	...	Jesup
Peter Butler	...	Ashur
Chase Agulhas	...	Young Noah
Pierre Marais	...	Young Mathayus
Warrick Grier	...	General Abalgamash
Az Abrahams	...	King Hammurabi
Vaneshran Arumugam	...	Gudean Emissary

Also Known As:

Scorpion King - Aufstieg eines Kriegers (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, and sexual content including references.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA | South Africa | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13 | New Zealand:M | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Atlantis, Western Cape, South Africa

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Dwayne Johnson turned down the chance to reprise his role.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During one of the last scenes involving Randy Couture's, Sargon, you can see him breathing yet he is supposed to be dead already.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Ari: But the truth of the matter was Mathayus did have a fondness for battles and killing. And though he loved Layla, the blood of a warrior and the scorpion's dark venom still coursed through his veins. It would drive him out into the wide world for further adventures and further battles until one day perhaps he would return to become the Scorpion King. That is the subject for another tale.

Movie Connections:

Follows The Scorpion King (2002)

Reminds me of a cheesy porno, but the acting wasn't quite as good...

I can't say I thought it would be a nail biter, but I love Randy Couture and figured it was worth a shot. Poor Randy...acting just isn't for him. And whoever OK'd his screen tests should be punished for it. Of course, that's not to say that anyone else in this movie can act either...the acting is on par with that of porn or the reenactments you see on those crime TV shows.

I've never acted a day in my life and I know I could have delivered lines better than the actors did.

To really accentuate the poor acting, the writing was ridiculous (both storyline and scripting). It's really hard to believe that this script actually made it past the person writing the check to fund this piece of crap.

The fight scenes aren't much better either...between the "heat seeking arrow" scene and Randy Couture doing some MMA training with his body guards, it took me about 20 minutes to realize I wasn't even going to have a little fun watching this thing.

I loved the Mummy movies, but I thought the first SK movie was pure cheese and this one ups the ante even further. It's really hard to believe Stephen Sommers (the original writer/director of the Mummy) was involved in this one.