Movies
The Scorpion King
A cheesy prequel -- of Limburger smelliness -- to The Mummy and more particularly The Mummy Returns. Or: How the Last of the Akkadians Got Scorpion Blood in His Veins and Became a King. It goes to show, if nothing else, that if you take the mummy out of the movie, you'll have a shorter one -- a scant ninety minutes -- but not a better one. The antagonist in the mummy's absence, Steven Brand, is a sort of cut-rate Russell Crowe with a dormant muskrat on his head. The muscle-bound and saucer-eyed hero, Dwayne Johnson, alias The Rock, delivers his lines with all the force of an exasperated driver's-ed instructor. Kelly Hu, Michael Clarke Duncan, Bernard Hill; directed by Chuck Russell. 2002.
— Duncan Shepherd
Reader Rating:
- MPAA Rating: PG-13
