The Scorpion King: 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:

Disguised As Boy | Shot In The Back | Torch | Horse Riding | Trap

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
Chase Agulhas	...	Young Noah
Pierre Marais	...	Young Mathayus
Warrick Grier	...	General Abalgamash
Az Abrahams	...	King Hammurabi
Vaneshran Arumugam	...	Gudean Emissary
Mike Thompson	...	Molokh
Wayne Shields	...	Black Eyed Soldier
Robin Smith	...	High Priest
Diane Wilson	...	Woman in Swamp
Nathan Fredericks	...	Soldier
Sean Higgs	...	New High Priest
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Clayton Herolds	...	Akkadian Soldier
Abbie Maybanks	...	Young Layla
Anthony Rowe	...	Friend of Crying Boy
Muhammed-Reza Savant	...	Young Crying Boy
Christian Bennett	...	Shalmaneser (uncredited)
Clayton Evertson	...	Stabbing Guard (uncredited)
Amira Quinlan	...	Concubine (uncredited)
Clodagh Quinlan	...	Concubine (uncredited)
Raffaele Sabatini	...	Ticket Seller (uncredited)

Directed by
Russell Mulcahy

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Randall McCormick		screenplay
Stephen Sommers		character

Produced by
Nina Heyns	....	line producer
Stephen Sommers	....	producer
Jörg Westerkamp	....	co-producer
David Wicht	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Klaus Badelt

Cinematography by
Glynn Speeckaert

Film Editing by
John Gilbert

Casting by
Anna Feyder
Manuel Puro
Jeremy Zimmerman

Production Design by
Tom Hannam

Art Direction by
Jonathan Hely-Hutchinson

Set Decoration by
Fred Du Preez

Costume Design by
Dianna Cilliers

Makeup Department
Chiara Allegrucci	....	assistant makeup artist
Nikky Haberle	....	contact lens technician
Zanmarie Hanekom	....	assistant makeup artist
Christa Schoeman	....	assistant makeup artist
Kerry Skelton	....	assistant makeup artist
Simone Stubbs	....	assistant makeup artist
Megan Tanner	....	makeup artist
Leon von Solms	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Marisa Soneman	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Annelize Bosch	....	second assistant director: splinter unit
Lisa Marie Holland	....	third assistant director: splinter unit
Martin Palmer	....	first assistant director: splinter unit
Hayley Ross	....	second assistant director
Michael Swan	....	second unit director
Leigh Tanchel	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Igsaan Baradien	....	set builder
Sacha Beattie	....	on-set dresser
Warren Bedford	....	carpenter
Mogammat Igshaan Benjamin	....	carpenter
Kenneth Berg	....	assistant construction manager: South Africa
Gaby Beyers	....	art department coordinator
Julian Carver	....	fabricator
Greg Cleaver	....	head carpenter
Rial De Wet	....	storyboard artist
Kirk Doman	....	stand-by props
Michael Dooling	....	assistant carpenter
Jonathan Gesinski	....	storyboard artist
Gregory Gibson	....	assistant carpenter
Brian Glaser	....	assistant construction manager
Wilfred Kok	....	carpenter foreman
Sam Liversage	....	set dresser
Herbert Lotz	....	carpenter
Niel Meyer	....	art department assistant
Tom Olive	....	set dresser
Mark Risk	....	storyboard artist
Brendan Smithers	....	construction coordinator
Douglas Smorenburg	....	carpenter
Rashaad Stemmel	....	carpenter
Geniez-Armel Thibaut	....	swing gang: South Africa
Jan Tooley	....	construction foreman
Lily Turner	....	set dresser
Tanya Van Tonder	....	set dresser
Dana Weiner	....	fabricator
Hamish Whitecross	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Craig Clark	....	supervising sound editor
Michael Farnan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Susan Fitz-Simon	....	foley artist
Robert Friedman	....	foley artist
Danny Kim	....	sound designer
Nick Kray	....	adr mixer
Conrad Kuhne	....	sound mixer
Colin Rogers	....	adr foley mixer
Colin Rogers	....	foley editor
Craig Schafer	....	sound designer
Craig Schafer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Allan Schultz	....	adr editor
Allan Schultz	....	dialogue editor
Dave Subkleve	....	adr recordist: South Africa

Special Effects by
Daleen Badenhorst	....	prosthetics assistant
Rob Carlisle	....	key prosthetic artist
Doug Hardy	....	special effects foreman
Jason Human	....	prosthetics assistant
Tyrell Kemlo	....	special effects coordinator: second unit
Belinda Manwaring	....	prosthetics assistant
Shona Martin	....	prosthetics assistant
Gian Palermo	....	special effects coordinator
Paul Pieterse	....	special effects technician
Ashley Powell	....	prosthetics assistant
Steven Saunders	....	prosthetics assistant
Clinton Smith	....	prosthetics supervisor
Gerald Sutherland	....	prosthetics assistant
Jessica Taljaard	....	prosthetics coordinator
Anton Voster	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Desmond Allan	....	compositor
Adrian Berghoff	....	digital artist
Kent Butterworth	....	visual effects producer
Charmaine Greyling	....	compositor
Ryan Johnson	....	compositor
Isaac Lui	....	digital effects artist: particles simulation
Ali Maleka	....	digital artist
Brett Manson	....	compositor
Royston Michaels	....	digital artist
Devin Mitchell	....	digital artist
Richard Morton	....	digital artist
Mzolisi Pitolo	....	roto artist
Cyril Schumann	....	compositor
Matthew Desmond Smith	....	lead artist
Charlene Sun	....	additional visual effects
Ryan Torres	....	digital artist
Andre Van Der Merwe	....	visual effects supervisor
Heiko von Fintel	....	lead artist
Jason Williams	....	lead artist
Tristan Winslow	....	digital artist
Nicolas Young	....	compositor

Stunts
George Bailey	....	stunt rigger
Oliver Bailey	....	stunt rigger
Henie Bosman	....	stunt utility
Donavin Bossette	....	stunt utility
Jared Cohen	....	stunt utility
Ronni Gadula	....	stunt utility
Theo Gildenhuys	....	stunt utility
Francois Grobbelaar	....	key stunt rigger
Francois Grobbelaar	....	stunt performer
Adam Horton	....	fight choreographer
Adam Horton	....	stunt performer
Leander Lacy	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Leander Lacey)
Leander Lacy	....	stunt double (as Leander Lacey)
Annick Marais	....	stunt double
Anthony Mo Marais	....	stunt coordinator
Andrew McKenzie	....	stunt double
Gavin Mey	....	horse master
Voytec Modrezewski	....	stunt utility
Anton Moon	....	fight choreographer
Chantel Nel	....	stunt utility
Shaamilla Noordien	....	stunt utility
Jared Paisley	....	stunts
Grant Powell	....	stunt utility
Luke Rhode	....	stunt utility
Christopher September	....	stunt utility
Michael Soloman	....	stunt utility
Peter Spiropoulous	....	stunt utility (as Pete Spyro)
Thembaletu Tyutu	....	stunt utility (as Thembo Tyutu)
Duncan Wheatley	....	stunt double
Nathan Wheatley	....	stunt utility
Vernon Willemse	....	stunt utility

Camera and Electrical Department
George Amos	....	first camera assistant: splinter unit
Francois Archer	....	second assistant: "c" camera
Patrick Botha	....	desk operator
Paul Ulrich Fischer	....	video assistant
Philip Francis	....	first assistant: "c" camera
Naguib Fredericks	....	darkroom loader
Eitan Gartushka	....	rigging gaffer
Allan Gray	....	grip
Guy Hodgen	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Zak Katz	....	video assist: second unit
Ilze Kitshoff	....	still photographer
Adam Liebenberg	....	rigger
Jacob Mafolo	....	best boy grip: splinter unit
Jade Maxwell Newton	....	camera loader: splinter unit
Jefri Meintjes	....	second assistant camera
Zak 'Ebenezzer' O'Leary	....	best boy grip
Paul Painting	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Justin Paterson	....	best boy electric
Mark Rabe	....	rigging gaffer
J.P. Ridgeway	....	key grip
Marco Rinaldi	....	video: take off
Tatum Roche	....	first assistant: "b" camera
Dale Rodkin	....	Steadicam operator
Dale Rodkin	....	camera operator: "c" camera
Jean Marc Rolando	....	first assistant: "c" camera
Tobie Smuts	....	rigging electric
Michael Snyman	....	director of photography: splinter unit
Leroux Swanepol	....	electrician
Jaco van Niekerk	....	key rigger
Hermie Venter	....	rigger
Constant Viljoen	....	rigger (as Constance Viljoen)

Animation Department
Isaac Lui	....	animator

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Sean Cameron Michael	....	casting assistant: Cape Town, South Africa (as Sean Michael)
Manuel Puro	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Niki-Jay Bougaard	....	on-set costumer
Hetta Burger	....	on-set costumer
Rick de Souza	....	set costumer
Jayne Forbes	....	assistant costume designer
Nawaal Hendriks	....	on-set costumer
Jacomina Jankowitz	....	key costume stand-by
Charlene Johnson	....	seamstress
Roseline Kannemeyer	....	on-set costumer
Michelle Karavoussanos	....	costume buyer
Abigail Metcalfe	....	costumer
Abigail Metcalfe	....	on-set costumer
Susan Pollard	....	costume stand-by
Leonie Roberts	....	costume supervisor
Mandy Smit	....	on-set costumer

Editorial Department
Carl L.W. Bochek III	....	post-production coordinator
Cassie Dixon	....	post-production assistant
Joe Fineman	....	post-production consultant
Petr Geertsema	....	assistant editor
Louise Mycielski	....	post-production coordinator: South Africa
Akkara Srauy	....	post-production assistant
James G. White	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Klaus Badelt	....	score producer
Christopher Brooks	....	score co-producer
Christopher Carmichael	....	music arranger
Ian Honeyman	....	composer: additional music
Robyn Klein	....	music consultant
Andrew Raiher	....	composer: additional music
Malona P. Voigt	....	music production manager
Mark Anthony Yaeger	....	music intern (as Mark Yaeger)

Transportation Department
Paul Brassell	....	transportation captain
Anthony Davids	....	driver: art department
Stephan de Lange	....	driver
Laurie Dunn	....	transport manager: splinter unit
Daniel Francke	....	driver: art department
Ilze Kitshoff	....	driver
Joseph Legobate	....	unit driver
Bizeki Magwanda	....	driver
Jamiel Müller	....	driver
Vincent Ndikumana	....	driver
William Rondganger	....	driver: trailer
Berend Smith	....	driver: art department
Lester Sweetman	....	transportation manager
Dale Townsend	....	driver
Justin Van der Spuy	....	driver

Other crew
Faldela Abrahams	....	account assistant
David Aronson	....	on-set medic
Hugh Barret	....	financial controller: Film Afrika (as Hugh Barrett)
David Botha	....	set production assistant
Billi Bruins	....	production accountant
Stefan Brunner	....	business affairs executive
Luke Cornell	....	animal wrangler
Nicholas Davids	....	set production assistant: splinter unit
Liesl Ernst	....	accountant: Film Afrika
Daryn Goldsbrough	....	set production assistant
Gina Goosen	....	production coordinator
Andrew Guess	....	fabricator
Tamsin Hall	....	script supervisor
Grant Kilian	....	production assistant
Marie Krige	....	account assistant
Edward Kruger	....	office production assistant
Michelle Mazurkiewicz	....	horse wrangler
Ntombenqaba Precious Petros	....	receptionist
Simon Rhodes	....	assistant production coordinator
J.P. van der Merwe	....	extras coordinator
Johan Van Eeden	....	fabricator
Charlotte Young	....	assistant legal affairs
Lisa Gooding	....	production executive (uncredited)
Patti Jackson	....	production executive (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures
• ApolloMovie Beteiligungs
• Film Afrika Worldwide
• Sommers Company, The

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (2008) (worldwide) (all media)
• Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2008) (Argentina) (all media)
• Universal Home Video (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)

Special Effects

• Condor Post Cape Town

Other Companies

• Reder & Feig  production counsel
• Roundabout Entertainment  sound post-production
• Waterfront Studios  post-production

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:

Astarte: Scratch any hero, Mathayus, and you will find a monster lurking inside.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Fight Like an Akkadian: Black Scorpion Training Camp (2008) (V)

A weak sequel

I know I'm in the minority on this but I quite liked The Scorpion King because of its dynamic direction,its moments of humor and the natural charisma from Dwayne Johnson.So,I expected The Scorpion King 2 : Rise of a Warrior with enthusiasm.And the movie disappointed me.This sequel lacks of that 3 elements which had made the first part so entertaining.This movie bored me and Michael Copon does not show even one fraction of Johnson's charisma.Copon lacks of any grace or charisma.Another reason I had hope on this movie was because director Russell Mulcahy had done solid works on B movies like this one,like in the brilliant The Shadow or in the overrated,but still entertaining,Highlander.But his work on this movie is not too good,because I felt his direction too rigid and unnatural...a very big difference with director Chuck Russell's energetic work on the first part.Also,if all this is not enough,the humor parts on this movie feel very forced and there are a lot of clichés.The Scorpion King 2 is a weak sequel which commits the fatal mistake of being boring.I recommend the first part.It may not be an excellent film but it's very entertaining.