The Scorpion King
Unleashing WWE superstar The Rock as the most feared warrior of the ancient world, The Scorpion King plunges you into a sweeping tale filled with stunning fight sequences, awe-inspiring battles and pulse-pounding thrills. The last of the 'free tribes' form a fragile alliance to fight Memnon, and hire a trio of Akkadian assassins, led by Mathayus, to kill the sorceress and thus remove Memnon's advantage.
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August 13, 2008
A ridiculous though not entirely unpleasant way to while away ninety-two minutes.
July 11, 2008
Predecessors The Mummy and The Mummy Returns stand as intellectual masterpieces next to The Scorpion King.
July 02, 2008
The Rock, making his acting debut as the titular top dog (not counting his five digitally enhanced minutes in The Mummy Returns), turns in a slight, if promising, star turn as a reluctant savior of the free world, and leads an encouragingly multi-cultural
October 16, 2010
Boasting sword-and-sandal action more sluggish than a Ye Olde Renaissance Faire, The Rock putting someone through a table would be a welcome anachronism. "The Scorpion King"? More like "Moron the Barbarian."
April 22, 2002
Wimps out by going for that PG-13 rating, so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and the sexuality is muted.
December 29, 2010
On the silly popcorn scale, it works pretty well.
April 20, 2002
The Scorpion King may look like a movie, but it feels like a food fight.
April 24, 2002
All the necessary exposition prevents the picture from rising above your generic sand 'n' sandal adventure.
April 29, 2009
Come for the cheese, stay for Kelly Hu.
April 23, 2002
Russell lacks the visual panache, the comic touch, and perhaps the budget of Sommers's title-bout features.
April 19, 2002
A fairly by-the-books blend of action and romance with sprinklings of intentional and unintentional comedy.
July 20, 2002
Another grandiose, hyperactive crock, full of lame jokes and gorgeous, stupefying images.
