Product Description
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Wrestling superstar The Rock reprises his role as the warrior
Mathayus in this movie spin-off from 'The Mummy Returns' set 5000
years ago in the Middle East. Sent on a mission to assassinate
Cassandra (Kelly Hu), the powerful sorceress advisor to King
Memnon (Steven Brand), Mathayus is captured and left to die in
the desert. Managing to survive, the brave warrior returns and
kips the sorceress, but as he makes his escape, he is struck
by an arrow dipped in scorpion poison...
From .co.uk
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There's nothing original in The Scorpion King, but this
derivative action franchise gets off to a rousing start by
cleverly stealing from a lot of better movies. Capitalising on
his brief cameo in The Mummy Returns, Dwayne Johnson (
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) (a.k.a. World Wrestling Federation star the Rock) stars as
Mathayus, an Akkadian assassin in the age preceding Egyptian
pharaohs, who vows to avenge his brother's murder by an
undefeated warlord (Steven Brand) prophesied to become the
desert-ruling Scorpion King. Their battle for supremacy comprises
most of the film's brisk 95-minute running time, punctuated by
comic from Mathayus's obligatory sidekick (Grant Heslov),
romance with a beautiful sorceress (Kelly Hu), and alliance with
a massive Nubian (Michael Clarke Duncan) on the eve of their
climactic showdown. There's no rhyme or reason to the film's
depiction of ancient civilization (the costuming is particularly
ludicrous), but the Rock demonstrates adequate action-star
potential, and director Chuck Russell (The ) wraps it all in
a slick, professional package. --Jeff Shannon
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Synopsis
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Wrestler-turned-actor The Rock gets his first starring role with
The Scorpian King. A prequel to Stephen Sommers' wildly
successful THE MUMMY (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001), The
Scorpian King tells the action-packed story of Mathayus (Rock),
an Akkadian assassin who is the only man strong enough to destroy
the vile Memnon (Steven Brand). Memnon, a power hungry warlord,
uses the prescience of Cassandra (Kelly Hu), a beautiful seer, to
ensure an endless succession of victories. Understanding that to
defeat Memnon one must first eliminate Cassandra, Mathayus
journeys to Gomorrah to infiltrate Memnon's palace and kill
Cassandra. But when he lays eyes on the sultry beauty, he is
unable to take her life. It isn't long before sparks begin flying
and Cassandra is using her powers to aid Mathayus and his
cohorts, including the bumbling Arpid (Grant Heslov), and
Balthazar (Michael Clark Duncan), a powerful tribe leader who is
also looking for a way to end Memnon's reign. Ignoring a vision
from Cassandra that predicts his death, Mathayus charges into
battle nonetheless, hoping to silence Memnon once and for all.
Playing the sensitive, courageous hero, The Rock proves that his
appeal is not only relegated to the small screen.
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