Rick is still as lovable and roguish as he was in the first Mummy film, but now he’s got the added layer of being a loving husband and father. I kind of want to watch those movies for that reason alone.ģ) The action scenes in this film are still top notch, as seen in the prologue’s battle between the Scorpion King and enemy armies.
So the fact that the Scorpion King has a B-movie franchise still running after his A-movie intro is comparable to Kharis being the titular Mummy after the original Boris Karloff film. Think about it: where we have straight to video sequels the 1940s had B-movies. I’ve never seen that film all the way through (or any of its sequels), and in this film the character is mostly memorable for two reasons:Īlthough we don’t get much of a sense of his character in this film outside of the fact that he is a warrior king, I feel comfortable saying he’s his own Universal Monster in a lot of ways. This film really only features The Rock in the prologue, and then a CGI recreation of him during the climax, but it served to set up his spin-off film The Scorpion King. Albeit for different reasons.Ģ) The Rock (he was going by The Rock at this time) as the Scorpion King. As you’ll soon see, I love this film just as much as the first one.
1) So this film may not be the perfect blend of horror and adventure that the first one was (it sacrifices some of the scares for more thrills), but damn if it isn’t just a great ride.