The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian
This prequel to 2002's The Scorpion King tells the heroic tale of young Mathayus (Michael Copon) and his relentless quest for justice against an evil and powerful villain, King Sargon (Ultimate Fighting champ Randy Couture). Mathayus faces many heart-stopping tribulations during his adventurous, odds-defying trajectory toward his ultimate destiny as the formidable warrior king of an ancient desert empire.
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Now I love cheesy movies, and enjoy movies of this and many other genres, sometimes only for the cheese factor. So how did I like this one? Three words! Blah Hah Hah! Man what a cheese-fest this film was, I didn't look, but I wonder if it was a direct to video production? Probably, as they only had 6 weeks to complete it. Can anyone say "Sunday Afternoon Matinée"? I knew you could! Don't get me wrong, for having a cast of absolute no namers, they did a pretty decent job, and the acting wasn't "too" bad, nor were the fight scenes (though I did have flashbacks to the days of Xena Warrior Princess ala Matrix during most). Two characters in particular Randy Couture (played the Evil King Sargon) was emotionless and cold, definitely B-Rate or lower acting abilities and Natalie Becker (played Astarte Queen of the Underworld) who needs IMO more lessons in elocution and (lets face it she was bad!) the practice or ability to emote/ express, though she was a beautiful woman. The leads Layla (Karen David) and Mathayus (Michael Copon) were more silly "eye candy" then anything else. Michael Copon does have a fair resemblance to "The Rock" (much younger) who played in The Scorpion King and Karen David can respectfully pass for a (I don't know if that was there plan but) much younger version of the Sorceress Cassandra (played by Kelly Hu) so casting might have had a "plan". Anyhow... I liked it! It wasn't anything new, it was just a silly barbarian style knockoff that was pretty to look at and had a couple funny one liners. If you go into it without expecting more, you might also enjoy it.- 2McAbre
From the previews of this film I expect far better then this film turned out to be. Not as good as the original and by far not nearly as good as the previews deceive you to believe. The acting is okay and even though the effects and moves are really good it still doesn't hold your attention for very long. Sadly this film had some good people behind the scenes but it wasn't enough to get me excited. A skip over in my opinion.
- *~*Sullivans*~*
As expected this turned out to be a fun fantasy flick. I would have given it 4* if not for the totally out of place casting of Randy Couture. His dull witted redneck speech and appearance did not fit in with the exotic feel and setting of the rest of the movie. Almost any B actor would have been better, "actor" being the key word. I thought the rest of the cast did a decent job including Michael Copon and especially Karen David. Some of the special effects were really cheesy while others were pretty good. Overall it's a good family friendly fun fantasy popcorn flick. Recommended if you like that sort of thing.
- couchdog53