The Scorpion King
Memnon, a brutal evil ruler has terrorized the city of Gomorrah with the help of a sorceress who is able to see into the future. The last of the free tribes have come in an unusual agreement to fight against this tyrant by hiring three assassins from Akkadia led by a skilled swordsman Mathayus to get rid of the sorceress.
26 November 1973, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
18 May 1966
6 May 1973, Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]
8 August 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
26 July 1978, San Diego, California, USA
1 October 1972, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
December 29, 2010
On the silly popcorn scale, it works pretty well.
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.
July 11, 2008
Predecessors The Mummy and The Mummy Returns stand as intellectual masterpieces next to The Scorpion King.
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 19, 2002
A fairly by-the-books blend of action and romance with sprinklings of intentional and unintentional comedy.
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.
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."
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
July 20, 2002
Another grandiose, hyperactive crock, full of lame jokes and gorgeous, stupefying images.
August 13, 2008
A ridiculous though not entirely unpleasant way to while away ninety-two minutes.
