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I sort of have a rule about seeing movies where the leading man is a professional wrestler. But the wishes of several friends and mostly positive reviews resulted in my trip to see _The Scorpion King_. So...you are asking...how bad was it? Well, though I hate to admit it, I enjoyed the film. Didn't LOVE it, but liked it.
Wait! Let me clarify that. I went into the theatre with VERY low expectations. I hoped _The Scorpion King_ would be better than the truly awful _Kull: The Conqueror, one of the most dreadful movies I have ever had the misfortune of seeing. _The Scorpion King_ was miles above that monumental stinker.
The Rock put on a better performance than I was expecting, and the story moved along at a breakneck pace. There were some nifty moments with cobras and fire ants. There was a camel that was a good deal smarter than some of the characters. There were battles, battles and more battles.
Now, this picture does makes The Scorpion King, a tragic but good-hearted soul. He is out to defeat a tyrant who is very like The Scorpion King character from _The Mummy Returns_. This is...problematic, unless you tell yourself that you will think about _The Scorpion King_ as a stand-alone film. Because like the two Mummy movies (which I enjoyed immensely), you can't think too much about the plot or the whole thing begins to unravel.
So _The Scorpion King_ gets a cautious thumbs-up for me. If you've got a cool and rainy Saturday, as we did here in Cleveland today, you could do worse than spending 90 minutes of it at the multiplex with this popcorn flick.
Wait! Let me clarify that. I went into the theatre with VERY low expectations. I hoped _The Scorpion King_ would be better than the truly awful _Kull: The Conqueror, one of the most dreadful movies I have ever had the misfortune of seeing. _The Scorpion King_ was miles above that monumental stinker.
The Rock put on a better performance than I was expecting, and the story moved along at a breakneck pace. There were some nifty moments with cobras and fire ants. There was a camel that was a good deal smarter than some of the characters. There were battles, battles and more battles.
Now, this picture does makes The Scorpion King, a tragic but good-hearted soul. He is out to defeat a tyrant who is very like The Scorpion King character from _The Mummy Returns_. This is...problematic, unless you tell yourself that you will think about _The Scorpion King_ as a stand-alone film. Because like the two Mummy movies (which I enjoyed immensely), you can't think too much about the plot or the whole thing begins to unravel.
So _The Scorpion King_ gets a cautious thumbs-up for me. If you've got a cool and rainy Saturday, as we did here in Cleveland today, you could do worse than spending 90 minutes of it at the multiplex with this popcorn flick.
