The Scorpion King [Blu-ray]

Mathayus is a warrior from the Akkadian Empire trained into the Order of the Black Scorpion. There are a few glaring historical mistakes during the series, such as the Akkadian Empire ended around 2300 BC yet the lands between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is described as 'desert' but back then it was rich grasslands, a bread basket, the Cradle of Civilization; it wasn't until the end of the Bronze Age which was about 1200 BC that the area of modern day Iraq began to turn to desert. Also, throughout the series we see Roman Armor and Medieval castles. We also see sword designs which would never survive in battle and armor which is totally fantastic. But all that aside, the series is not half bad although it must be considered a B-Movie series including skimpy outfits and sometimes cheesy lines. They fight scenes are pretty good. There is no frontal nudity although there are some suggestive dialog and situations.The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior is the origin-story of Mathayus, the protaganist of the series. His co-star is a tom boyish kick butt girl and there is also another hard fighting character that is a goddess of love and war featured in the story. Mathayus' father is murdered by Black Magic and Mathayus sets out to revenge his father's death, traveling to the Underworld to retrieve a magic sword to kill his nemesis.The Scorpion King stars The Rock and is the only film he appears in. An evil king is trying to take over the world, and doing quite nicely as he is using a sorceress who can foresee the future to tell him when to attack. A unit of Scorpion Warriors are hired as mercs to stop the evil King.The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption stars Victor Webster as Mathayus after he loses his Wife and Kingdom. In this movie Mathayus goes to India and fights a guy who summons three dead heroes to aide him in conquering all of India. Mathayus teams up with a The Cobra who is fighting a guerrilla war against the bad guy. Again there are two tough female fighters in this movie with great fight scenes between them.The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power again stars Victor Webster as Mathayus. In this movie our hero teams up with a displaced Princess and her crazy tinkerer father to over throw a power mad King and reinstate the rightful line onto the throne of a European mountain kingdom. This one has the most laughs in it.

After reading many of the reviews already on Amazon about "The Scorpion King," my conclusion is that this movie is basically a "chick movie." I don't mean this as a derogatory term, but simply that the movie is the type to appeal to women more than men, as the reviews seems to show. The Rock isn't going to be nominated for an Oscar for this movie, but then Arnold Schwarzenegger has never gotten an Oscar nomination either. And remember he got his start with movies like "Conan the Barbarian." "The Scorpion King" is much better than the Conan movies. There is far more action, definitely more humor, both of which The Rock delivers very well. I can foresee a long future for him in the movies if he chooses his roles well, the way Arnold does, especially since he doesn't have an accent like Arnold's that people had to get used to. Some people have complained that the historical setting of "The Scorpion King" is inaccurate. This movie never purported to be based on historical fact, especially since the Mummy movies that preceded it also had inaccuracies (Seti was not killed by Imhotep, not to mention the fact that as one of his murderers, his mistress would not have been mummified with her organs put in canopic jars, a process that cost a lot of money and took forty days or so to do; also, there was no real Scorpion King in Egyptian history, which certainly would have been noted if real Armies of Anubis had swarmed over the land, slaughtering everyone in their path). This movie is fantasy, just as "Lord of the Rings" is, which itself is set in Middle Earth, a place which doesn't exist, and has humans in it as well. If you can't handle fantasy, don't see "The Scorpion King". If you like a hunky hero (or a tough hero with a sense of humor if you're a guy), a funny sidekick, a beautiful love interest, scantilly clad women (if you're a guy; cool-looking costumes if you're a woman), butt-kicking battles, and a nasty villain who gets what he deserves, then this movie is for you!

Even better to watch years later. Forgot about the smexy scene and that caused some anxiety and harsh orders to close eyes. But other than that, this is one of the best movies of The Mummy franchise.

The show is fine, I was expecting better resolution, I've seen restored movies 60 years old that are better, this looks like the bluray but darker

my wife and I have watched the blu ray version many times and to have the 4k version takes it to a new level.

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While not a great film, this is fun and enjoyable to watch. Dwayne Johnson makes a good action hero, and has some funny lines that he delivers well. Supporting cast is good, and Kelly Hu is very attractive, but given a chance to demonstrate her acting potential. Overall, a good film that provides a mix of humor, some silliness, and strained action.

Great movie!