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Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008)
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Movie Review by The Gravedigger
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09.01.08
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This is much more in tone of the HERCULES television series than THE SCORPION KING movie, though it fills in the gaps, acting as a prequel to "the Rock's" starring feature. It's one of those period movies in which everyone has a 21st Century attitude and speech patterns.
It's basically a revenge movie, with the young Mathayus (Michael Copon) wanting to kill the despot, Sargon (Randy Couture) who killed his father. Helping him are Layla (Karen David), a love interest, and Ari, a Greek poet. Sargon gets his magical powers from the goddess Astarte (Natalie Becker) and she's as good a villain you'll find in any Sinbad movie.
I can see this as a decent enough direct-to-video series, in the absence of any other sword & sorcery show out there.
Directed by Russell Mulcahy (RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION), who has been on a good role lately.
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Rating: 4.0 out of 10.0 - 3 votes cast total
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