Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

PlatinumRead Just so...so bad

YouHeart I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

Walter Sloane Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Aodhanrooney Out of my list of favourite and enjoyable mythical, fantasy, ancient historical, or fictional historical movies, this is perhaps one if my worst. Scorpion King: Rise of Warrior, rises nothing to the standard of outweighing it's predecessor, starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. The screenplay is messy and doesn't equal enough with the original's in many areas, due to it's overuse of dull and totally In-original dialogue, which leaves the characters underdeveloped and dis-interesting. The only character I found interesting was Ari, played by Simon Quarterman. Quarterman's performance was exceptional, due to his distinguishing voice, which went well with his limited narration in the movie. I just wished the other characters would have got on with him better and more positively, but given that it went the opposite way, it shows how smart and knowledgeable he was, to overcome them and for them to see their own level of lesser knowledge or expertise as a probable weakness. Most of the other characters are outright combatants and sword-wielding figures. The story was almost great, but the screenplay and dialogue failed to live up to it's full potential. I didn't particularly like the acting of leading actor Micheal Copon, whom plays the 'Black Scorpion' champion and vengeful Mathayus, who is on the verge of killing the evil king Sargon, played by Randy Couture. Copon makes us believe that there's nothing remarkably significant about Mathayus (who, myself, at first, was willing to believe he was a superior character and warrior, who appeared acrobatic and skillful in ever way - much like the Prince of Persia), which is disappointing. I found most of the other performances bad as well, with the exception of Quarterman, Andreas Wisnieski and several others, as well. For the audience I can only consider this recommendable if you're a huge fan of the first Scorpion King and if you're willing to continue to follow the story, as more sequels are brought to our attention - I would also, personally, suggest that you think carefully about this one, as it may, predictably, be the movie you weren't hoping for.

kols This is a weird little Sword and Sorcerer, very much in the tradition of the old Italian Steve Reeves movies of the late 50's and early 60's. Just with better production values, better acting, better scripting and more engaging characters. But beware - the title is a Rip-off, it has nothing to do with the original Scorpion King so don't expect any connection to its far better predecessor.For all of that, I found the movie engaging and that's where the weirdness comes in - I don't know why. The three main characters are mildly attractive, the script never sinks to idiocy (though it does swing wildly through history from the rise of city-states between the Tigris and Euphrates in the early 2nd Millennium to 1st Century B.C. Greeks (Ari) with 15th Century B.C. Knossos in between) and the editing is quite good. But that's not enough to really recommend it. The secondary characters, except for the wooden Sargon, add another positive as does the pacing but still, small change.Then there's the scene with Astarte in the cave - bordering on camp but underplayed just enough to work and work well with her flowing wardrobe transforming from seductive open robe to warrior armor and back again. The scene flirts with disaster at every step yet avoids falling into the pit Layla spends a great deal of time vocally dangling above. The counterpoint between Layla, dangling with commentary, and Astarte, flirting with Mathayus, comes close to being a B movie gem. All of the elements from dialog to editing gel, elevating all of them to a greater whole.That isn't to say that is Oscar material but, for what it is, it works extremely well.It does suffer when compared to The Scorpion King or Conan but both of those movies represent the pinnacle of the genre. Rise of a Warrior ranks with best of the second tier, like The Sword and the Sorcerer (with which it shares a classic line: Who will join me . . .) or Beastmaster.

Michael O'Keefe This is one of those movies that cries for your full attention; but this prequel to 2002's THE SCORPION KING is pitiful and the more you watch you realize this thing is just not going to get any better. The young warrior Mathayus(Michael Copon)witnesses his father's death at the hands of the evil and powerful King Sargon(Ultimate Fighting champ Randy Couture). Mathayus trains six years to become one of the King's elite body guards the Black Scorpions and all the while plots to avenge his father's death. Some real nice special effects, but the dialog is so ridiculous anything redeemable is buried in the sand. The exciting fight scenes are just not enough to carry a movie that seems to lumber on aimlessly.The cast includes: Simon Quarterman, Karen David, Tom Wu, Jeremy Crutchley and Natalie Becker.

MsShayXPear I'll be the first to admit my taste in blockbuster is not always terribly discerning. As long as the film does what its supposed to and I enjoy it I won't judge it too harshly.In fact I was one the few that actually quite liked the much bashed films "Batman and Robin" and "Catwoman". They were at least enjoyable.And even more than that I really enjoyed the 1st Scorpion King and the 1st 2 Mummy films.However even I thought this film was a joke The CGI was absolute s**t, the acting had no depth, the outcome was predictable, the plot varied between laughable and downright ridiculous and there was no chemistry between the hero and his love interest.Even thought I expected little from a direct to DVD movie that didn't even have the same actor as its predecessor this disappointed me.Even the Mummy 3 was far superior this film.