The Scorpion King

2002
PG-13
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

5.5/10

147K

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POPULARITY

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Desert Adventure Action Adventure Fantasy

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.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.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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IMDb RATING

5.5/10

147K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,148

913

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations

Trivia
In one scene, Dwayne Johnson, lying on his back, springs to his feet. Director Chuck Russell wanted to include a physical feat which only Johnson could perform. Russell said he had never seen a 6-foot, 3-inch man do that.

Goofs
Philos the Alchemist has gunpowder, which he claims is from China. Chinese "firepowder" was developed in the mid-200s BCE, and the movie is set almost 3,000 years before that.

Quotes
Jesup: Live free.
Mathayus: Die well.

Crazy credits
There are no opening credits, only with the Universal logo and the title for the film at the beginning.

Alternate versions
In the UK the distributor, UIP, removed a headbutt in the final fight sequence between Mathayus and Memnon after advice given to them by the BBFC. This was done to obtain a more commercial '12' rating.

Connections
Edited into The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012)

Soundtracks
Marching-In
Written by Sho Kosugi
Performed by The Taiko Drummers

User reviews467

Review

Featured review

8/10

An enjoyable film that got action, comedy and a love story

Dwayne Johnson plays a natural-born hero called Mathayus He starts off as an Akkadian mercenary crossing the ancient lands looking for his brother who is slain before his blazing eyes by a Nordic barbarian horde whose name is Memnon

What has kept the vicious tyrant as the absolute conqueror of the land is the fact that he has a visionary sorceress by his side who knows when he should attack his enemies Mathayus finds out that she's a sexy gorgeous woman who looks amazingly beautiful (Surely the audience is teased ceaselessly by her cleavage-revealing). So Mathayus forgets his commission to kill her, and a kind of romance begins to flourish between the two as he tries to carry out his assignment

Kelly Hu plays Cassandra, the female sorcerer who had beauty, charisma, cleverness, and enigma In the beginning of the film, we're not quite sure where she stands But when she first sees Mathayus, she's interested in the well-mannered warrior who's strong, brave, loyal and sincere She realizes that he might me the future king who can save her from her power-mad jailer

As the ruthless conqueror, Memnon (Steven Brand) has got all of the skills needed to attain global domination He has also got the force and the will to accomplish it The combination was pretty scary

Michael Clarke Duncan plays the fearsome Balthazar, the Nubian King, the strong ally of Mathayus

Chuck Russell's "The Scorpion King" is a visual feast, and an entertaining action film It has sexy harem girls, poison arrows, quicksand, an army of red ants, black scorpions, cobras, explosions, and a lot of fun So don't miss it!