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Summary: Low expectations
Review: Rumors abound that the first cut off this movie came in at only 70 minutes, and that a substantial amount of reshoots were needed to stretch the film out. If true, someone dropped that ball badly, and may have messed up what could have been a killer summer movie. Hope the rumors are only just rumors.
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Summary: the scorpion king is gonna rock
Review: I don't know much about this one but from what i've seen this is gonna be the top seler so this summer belongs to the scorpion king no more to say on that !!!!!
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Summary: The Real King
Review: First of all I want to say that this movie ...[is] great and I hope that it will continue because the story is so unique and powerful.All the mummy fans will like it according to the trailer.I beleive that this is the movie of summer.
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Summary: Not a patch on The Mummy series - but still good.
Review: I can officially say, hands down, I loved The Mummy & The Mummy Returns. Of course, they both had Brendan Fraser in them - always helps. You know what I hate? When films get released, and then they do a prequel. That's what annoys about me the Stars Wars or whatever movies. What is the point?!But OK, "The Rock", otherwise known as Dwayne Johnson, only had a small, what could almost be called a cameo, in The Mummy Returns. He almost appears from nowhere in the movie, just for a couple of small scenes at the start, and a major scene at the end - but I suppose he's all done by CGI at the end. And to capitalise on his role, Stephen Sommers made a prequel, to explain (albeit not very well) how Mathayus the Scorpion King came to be in The Mummy Returns. And I'm still lost. In The Mummy Returns, Mathayus the Scorpion King looks practically evil, and he really does look different in this. Obviously, they had to give him extensions again, just to keep the continuity, and making me relive my days as a professional Barbie doll hairdresser - I was just itching to braid his hair! I think this was set about 10 years before The Mummy Returns too? What's different between The Mummy movies, and this, is the lack of obvious special effects. Whereas in The Mummy movies, you had people being sucked quite literally dry, or being eaten by beatles, which demanded lots of CGI, there's not very much in this. (If you were a cynical person, which I'm so-o definitely not, then you could say it was due to lack of budget, due to the fact that The Rock got his hands on $5.5million for doing this movie) It's back to basic sword/fist fighting for The Rock, and lots of flexing of muscles. He quite literally romances the clothes off Kelly Hu - which wasn't hard, considering she didn't wear that much during the movie - and does all these weird looks, which totally reminded me of Brendan Fraser/Keanu Reeves/a guy I know! Although I desperately wanted to braid his hair, I think it would have more suitable to have short hair - plus he looks cuter with short hair. Can you imagine having to film days of scenes in the desert with hair like that?! I'd be pulling the extensions out there and then! There's been rumours (or maybe it's truth by now, I'm not totally 'up' on movie/actor news - I need to get down on my hands and knees for that kinda info and beg) that Dwayne will be the next Dirty Harry. HUH?! Where did that come from? OK, so we all know Clint Eastwood is on the wrong side of 70 to be doing anymore Dirty Harry movies. (I've said that now, and thinking he's only 68 or something like that), but Dirty Harry is a character. Maybe if you were to say that he was going to be the next Arnie (with those muscles, hell yeah!), but you can't say someone's gonna be the next so-and-so character. A character is meant to be unique, and the actor who plays him will always be known for playing that character. I'm sorry, but if he does decide to do a Dirty Harry movie, a) Clint will have something to say about it, b) I can't see my mum liking it and c) people reviewing it will make endless comparisons. There's heaps of extras on this, as is on both Mummy DVDs. And they literally take years to get through. Most of them aren't that much worthwhile - unless you're interested in breath-by-breath breakdowns of scenes - so all I was interested was the outtakes! But if you're into those kinda extras (which I'm not, I'd be braindead by the end of them - wait a second, am I?) then you'll be in your element with the DVD. This is a good film. Anyone who follows The Rock in his career as a wrestler, will probably notice little titbits like he uses the same moves or does "the stare", but I'm not. So he's an OK actor, a little bit wooden sometimes, but no one's perfect.
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Summary: rocks 2nd film
Review: a assassian in biblical times is hired to kill some big shot wizard elsewhere.rock is the assassian.the only popular character is the rock.kids around 10 and up should be able to handle it.this is the rocks 2nd best movie id say.it was suprisingly good considering nearly every other movie starring a wrestler-including the mummy returns-sucked.its a action/fantasy type deal.there are a number of half naked chicks in this one.the rocks sidekick is the idiotic type you just keep wishing would die the whole damn time like the donkey on shrek.it is very good,but nearly as good as the wwe and hollywood would have you belive.
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Summary: The Rock as the Scorpion King
Review: The Rock, Dwayne Johnson, former WWF Champion, and the
People's Champion makes his first leading role acting debut as the Scorpion King. The Scorpion King is the prequel to the Mummy Returns in which the Scorpion King is killed and later tried to be revived. The success of the Mummy Returns and the Mummy lay in it's great story, action, effects and characters. The addition of the Scorpion King character in the Mummy
Returns was a big hit with movie fans. The Rock's brief role in that movie made a lasting impact on fans and the fans wanted more. Chuck Russell , the director of this movie, obviously took the success, that the character of The Scorpion King had in ''The Mummy Returns'' and added more depth and detail. The Rock underwent sword training, staff training, cardiovascular training for the Scorpion King. Being over 5 time WWF Champ , the Rock already had
the work ethic , dedication and charisma for the role. Although this is not mentioned. part of ''The Scorpion King's'' success lay on the fact, that the story is also similiar to the ''Conan The Barbarian'' movie with Arnold Schwarzenger. In fact, comparing the 2 movies, one can see that the Rock in a much shorter time, has become a greater actor than Arnold Schwarzenger. In his first films Arnold's movie and acting were less than stellar, so the Rock has managed to not only leave an impact with movie critics but entertained them as well. The Scorpion King is about an evil king, Memnon (Steven Brand), an evil king who has slaughters dozens of people including the village of Mathayus (The Rock). Mathayus is a desert assasin and a great warrior. Pretty soon , the people who fear Memnon agree that Mathayus must get rid of him. However, Memnon's sorcererss, Cassandra (Kelly Hu) plans to kill anyone trying to take over the land.
Mathayus , the greatest warrior in the world, does not plan to let this happen, must kill Memnon before it's too late, and claim his right as the Scorpion King. In his quest, Mathayus is joined by Balthazar (Michael Clark Duncan) and many others who will fight side by side to get Memnon. This is where the real actions begins, as we are treated to a bunch of violent, but cool action scenes involving
swords , spears and more. The visual effects are also extremely well done,
if you have seen the effects for ''The Mummy'', or ''The Mummy Returns'' then you won't be satisfied by the effects of this film. Interesting notes about the Scorpion King: The Discovery Channel recently had a special about uncovering a real life Scorpion King in Egypt, so the movie itself is not entirely made up. The success of the Scorpion King has spawned a couple of great games including a Gameboy Advance version and a planned Playstation version. Overall, the Rock does a successful and great acting role in his first lead, since ''The Mummy Returns''. ''The Scorpion King'' has plenty of action, visual effects and romance, to please even the most diehard fan. If you are already a fan of ''The Rock'' you are going to be very satisfied with this flick. Even if you are not a fan of ''The Rock'' I am sure you still love this great prequel to ''The Mummy Returns''.
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Summary: Entertaining in a Saturday Afternoon Kind of Way
Review: I'm telling you right now, if you're looking for "Lord of the Rings" or some other brand of serious, pretentious fantasy film, you're going to be really disappointed. "Scorpion King" is a goofy, B-Level action film, which is really all I think it was intended to be. And, on that level, it's a huge success. I had a blast watching this movie. It had good action sequences and special effects. In particular, The Rock was actually fun and could end up being a great action-movie star. This is one of those films that you have to expect a heavy dose of unrealism and corny one-liners to enjoy. But, that doesn't make it any less enjoyable. It reminded me of some of Arnold's earlier stuff that is all done tounge-in-cheek and is simply meant to entertain. I enjoyed this...it's good Satruday afternoon eye candy.
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Summary: Bond in Bronze
Review:
This film is a lot of fun, but you have to be ready to leave your knowledge of antiquity and literature (and maybe physics) at the door. This film is essentially a remake of "Live and Let Die."
If you're down with that, you can enjoy this film. If not, you may have some trouble.
Dwane Johnson is fun to watch, and does the action star job-- he delivers his lines, fights, suffers, and grimaces passing well-- much more watchably than Roger Moore did in this film's source material. Kelly Hu does her job beautifully, too: she is utterly gorgeous, shows a delightful amount of skin, does the whole stoic spooky chick number, and pays off tons of cinematic karma from her "Jason Goes to Manhattan" days. Stephen Brand is utterly forgettable, but then you would need to have cast MCDuncan as Memnon (who was black, after all... ) to match him up correctly with his predecessor Yaphet Kotto.
It's a fun film. Don't expect greatness; just have a good time.
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Summary: Even The Rock couldn't save this piece of crap!
Review: I really enjoyed The Mummy, and The Mummy Returns. They represented a style of horror / comedy / action / thriller that is very much to my taste (and the taste of lots of other movie-ticket buyers...). I was rather pleased to hear that they were making a spin-off movie going into more detail about the Scorpion King, because there aren't enough good films in this genre. Well, there still aren't...this is not a good film.
The Scorpion King was an interesting character in The Mummy Returns, but he only got a few minutes of screen time, and I don't recall him saying anything - his primary asset (the occasional muscle, or two) was on display, and all he really needed to do was to strike a few poses, a skill he brought with him from his day job as a pro wrestler. Now he is expected to carry the movie.
I was a bit concerned. After all, he's a pro wrestler. Could he be expected to perform on a movie stage, where all the fights are carefully scripted and choreographed? Would he understand that this was fake fighting, so very different from what he was used to? (Still, they did give him furniture to fight with, even if it wasn't a metal folding chair). Could he act hurt when struck by a stuntman? Could he act pain? (Can I string this sarcasm out any further?)
Actually, the biggest flaws in this movie don't relate to The Rock. He does everything he's supposed to, and delivers his lines rather well - better than Arnold Schwarzenegger did in his first few movies, that's for sure. So what's the problem? Well, the script is dreadful, and the central bad guy is utterly unconvincing. If we compare this movie to Conan the Barbarian (Arnie's first big movie, and quite comparable to this one) we note that Arnie's enemy was Thulsa Doom, played with sinister gusto by James Earl Jones. The Rock is playing opposite Steven Brand as Memnon - they'd have done better to use Michael Clarke Duncan (who plays Balthazar, leader of the Nubians). Steven Brand is not a bad actor, but he is hardly a figure to strike terror into the heart at first sight - such an actor would work in this role if the script built him up enough, but it doesn't. And that's my biggest criticism - this script is clichéd and boring. That's not what I expected, given that Stephen Sommers shares the writing credits, and he was responsible for the Mummy movies.
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Summary: Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
Review: Don't get me wrong, I was really anticipating this movie's release back in the spring of 2002, but boy, was i disappointed. I was expecting something along the lines of The Mummy Returns, but what I got was literally the worst movie ever made. The plot (if it even exhists) seems like it was written by a drunk 7-year-old who just escaped from the loony bin.
I'v seen a lot of really bad movies, but none have surpassed this in shear stupidity. Those made-for-TV movies on the SciFi chanel are at least fun. This isn't.
Anyone in their right mind would do well to stear clear of this donkey fecies. If you do end up watching it, just remember to keep a good ol' propane tank handy. You might want to down it halfway through.
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