Review of The Scorpion King (2002) by Ian T — 30 Jun 2010

The somewhat prequel to the Mummy, the scorpion king follows Dwayne Johnson through the events that lead up to when he finally becomes the ruler of the huge armies. The scorpion king intends to destroy the evil that is known as Memnon from conquering all the known land in Egypt. He is hired by the last surviving states to assassinate Memnon's sorcerer but is ultimately betrayed and his life is made allot harder in achieving his goal.

I have said before that I am a fan of Dwayne Johnson (but not wrestling), I think if you are looking for an action film with a likable main character Dwayne is a sensible choice because you know exactly what you are going to get from him. Perhaps this spin-off was made just to make money from the crazed wrestling fans who crave some "rocks elbow" or such crap but I still enjoyed it for what it was and there is just an endless supply of action throughout.

I still think the Egyptian atmosphere was present to a certain degree but there wasn't any of the accents or Egyptian language or even much hieroglyphics which was a little bit of a letdown but even with this the acting was solid enough to make up for anything the film may be lacking. As well as Dwayne beating up anyone he sees as a threat we also have the inevitable love interest in which he becomes friendly with Memnom's as we now know Sorceress.

There were some other pleasant surprises in the film including Bernard Hill who I admire and he may have possibly been one of my favourite performances within this. As far spin-offs or sequels usually go I rather enjoyed this action based adventure movie, you know what you're going to get from Dwayne Johnson movie that have swords on the front cover and that's just great sometimes.