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The Scorpion King

2002

Chuck Russell

Dwayne Johnson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Hu, Steven Brand ...

4.4

19,004

Adventure. Action In an ancient time, predating the pyramids, the evil king Memnon is using the psychic powers of his sorceress Cassandra to fortell his great victories. In a last ditch effort to stop Memnon from taking over the world, the leaders of the remaining free tribes hire the assassin Mathayus to kill the sorceress. But Mathayus ends up getting much more than he bargained for. Now with the help of the trickster Arpid, tribal leader Balthazar and ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Stephen Holden The New York Times	"The best way (maybe the only way) to enjoy the movie, directed by Chuck Russell, is to turn off your mind, surrender all expectations of logic and wallow in an accumulating mess that finds you waist deep in trash by the end of the movie."
		Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"Like every other action movie, it's designed for a 14-year-old boy's mentality, but it's enjoyable enough to turn most people into 14-year-old boys."
		Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"Isn't incompetent; it's just plodding and obvious"
		Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald	"The good news about 'The Scorpion King' is that The Rock turns out to be a charismatic, ingratiating screen presence"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Did I enjoy this movie? Yeah, I did, although not quite enough to recommend it. Because it tries too hard to be hyper and not hard enough to be clever (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"A fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action"
		Genevieve Harrison Empire	"The Scorpion King himself comes across as Conan with charisma. If only the story was as well-developed as its leading man's body (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Nathan Rabin AV Club	"Prototypical summer-movie fare, designed to be consumed, enjoyed, and forgotten all at once."
		Ed Gonzalez Slant	"Here’s something pointless but kind of fun nonetheless (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ted Shen Chicago Reader	"Within the limitations of the genre, the film succeeds fairly well"
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"It is possible to make an engaging action/adventure picture of this sort, but 'The Scorpion King' isn't it. The movie isn't godawful, but it's far from inspired"

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