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The Scorpion King (Widescreen Collector's Edition) Customer Reviews (7 - 9 of 42 Reviews)
Entertaining but lacks intelligence
Always the victim of impulse buys,...I have purchased 'The Scorpion King' today along with a new Sony progressive scan DVD player (model NS715P, see separate review.) After viewing the movie I can not say I was not entertained to some degree or totally disappointed with the flick. Aside for some major flaws in the plot and historical reality, the movie was watchable. I feel I must point out the flaws as I always do and two of the largest lay on the shoulders of the Villain played by Steven Brand. Why on earth would the director and casting allow a British actor to present his lines in native accent? Hugo Weaving (agent Smith) did not do it in 'The Matrix,' why would Steven Brand do it here? Second, in one scene, he used a French phrase, this a language not born until the seventh century. C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute. Overall, like its sister series 'The Mummy' and ' The Mummy Returns,' this DVD is full of interesting extras and vignettes worth watching. However, the feature lacks intelligent dialogue, is tainted with twenty-first century humor and all the CG special effects could have spent more time rendering in the computers (the snakes were ridiculous and half the ants were missing shadows). I choose to save ten dollars and not buy the release that included the CD soundtrack. Why, oh why a hard rock soundtrack for such a period movie? I might recommend this movie, but I would not have bought it had I rented it first.
LONG LIVE THE KING
After a very, VERY brief appearance in THE MUMMY RETURNS, wwf champ Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson makes his first bid in a starring role, switching from villain to hero. Here, he's Mathayus, an acient Akkadian warrior. An evil warlord, Memnon (Steven Brand) has spearheaded a campign to rule the world, and has had ceaseless success because of the predictions of Cassandra (Mega-babe Kelly Hu), a beautiful sorceress who is able to sse into the future. She's not really on Memnon's side ("Rivers of blood can never bring peace"), but Mathayus is hired to kill her so Memnon will no longer have his unfair advantage. Instead, Mathayus falls in love with Cassandra (God knows I did) and instead chooses to defeat Memnon and avenge his brother's death. Flat out better than BOTH of the MUMMY movies put together, THE SCORPION KING is simply fantastic. The Rock is cool in the lead and Brand is a fearsome bad guy. And Kelly Hu....let's just say she's extremely ....cute. Also, the heavymetal music seems to be a trend now for action films, and this one has godsmack, drowning pool, rob zombie, and others all over the soundtrack. THE SCORPION KING absolutely is the movie CONAN THE BARBARIAN was meant to be.
Success!
When I first went to see the Mummy, I was expecting a horror flick a la the 1933 Universal version. Instead I was disappointed to find an Indianna Jones-esque adventure. So I revise my expectations with the Mummy Returns, but instead of pulp adventure, I am disappointed again to find I am watching a screen version of what was obviously intended to be a computer role playing game. And so I come to the Scorpion King. I expected it to be [junk] going in, and for once I am NOT disappointed! It is [junk]! The Rock obviously learned the fine and subtle craft of acting in the WWF ring. This guy is the next Arnold? Well, it's possible. After all, Arnold was pretty bad too when he started out. (Check out Hercules In New York)Someone was obviously trying to save money on the special effects, they're that bad. I won't even mention the plot. I can't. There wasn't one. The fight scenes were okay if you A) like them every five minutes, or B) think WWF wrestling doesn't look fakey. This movie didn't really offend me. But then again, someone else paid for my ticket...
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