The Scorpion King (Widescreen Collector's Edition) | 
| Director: Chuck Russell
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Steven Brand, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Hu, Bernard Hill
Studio: Universal Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  258 reviews
Sales Rank: 22411
Format: Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD21800D
ISBN: 0783267711
UPC: 025192180026
EAN: 9780783267715
ASIN: B00005JKYX
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Release Date: October 1, 2002
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Product Description
In an ancient time predating the pyramids the evil king memnon is using the psychic powers of his sorceress cassandra to fortell his great victories. In a last ditch effort to stop memnon from taking over the world the leaders of the remaining free tribes hire the assassin mathayus to kill the soceress. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 06/21/2002 Starring: The Rock Michael Clarke Duncan Run time: 92 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Chuck Russell
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There's nothing original in The Scorpion King, but this derivative action franchise gets off to a rousing start by cleverly stealing from a lot of better movies. Capitalizing on his brief cameo in The Mummy Returns, Dwayne Johnson (a.k.a. World Wrestling Federation star the Rock) stars as Mathayus, an Akkadian assassin in the age preceding Egyptian pharaohs, who vows to avenge his brother's murder by an undefeated warlord (Steven Brand) prophesied to become the desert-ruling Scorpion King. Their battle for supremacy comprises most of the film's brisk 95-minute running time, punctuated by comic relief from Mathayus's obligatory sidekick (Grant Heslov), romance with a beautiful sorceress (Kelly Hu), and alliance with a massive Nubian (Michael Clarke Duncan) on the eve of their climactic showdown. There's no rhyme or reason to the film's depiction of ancient civilization (the costuming is particularly ludicrous), but the Rock demonstrates adequate action-star potential, and director Chuck Russell (The Mask) wraps it all in a slick, professional package. --Jeff Shannon
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 The Scorpion King June 29, 2009
Joshua M. Fry (Houston, TX)
The Scorpion King is a pretty entertaining movie with good special effects. It doesn't take a lot of concentration to watch it so you can relax and just enjoy the movie. Of "The Mummy" series the Scorpion King is not my favorite. The original is still the best.
 The Scorpion King May 21, 2009
A. Blankenship (U.S.A!)
This is the first I watched in the series and out of the two, this is definatly one to watch over and over again! Loved it!
 IT COULD HAVE BEEN EPIC May 19, 2009
fmwaalex (Austin, TX USA)
THE SCORPION KING
Dwayne Johnson has come along way since his wrestling days as far as the movies are concerned. I personally have always liked "The Rock" especially when he was a heel in wrestling, so when I heard he was going to be in "The Mummy Returns" it seemed a natural fit. Maybe some day I will get into that movie but my over all feeling from him was he did a good job with his first role. As a pro wrestler it seems a natural fit for him to move over into movies, he certainly is better than Hogan by a long shot.
This is a prequel to the aforementioned Mummy film and as an off shoot or sequel or whatever you want to call it this is pretty good. The story is about an ancient time, apparently before the time of the pyramids [even though the sequel to this which is also a prequel would contradict that], were a great warrior became a king. This king along side a fine sorcerer dominated all other kingdoms and became a tyrant destroying all who opposed him thanks to her visions. That is until the last of a people who are known to be the deadliest of assassins are hired by the remaining tribes to kill the sorcerer. So Mathayus [Dwayne Johnson/The Rock] and his two other fellow people are off to kill Cassandra the sorceress, they fail in their attempt and only Mathayus is left alive. Still he wakes up with his entire body buried except for his head and there are some hungry ants looking for some food. This is were he meets his new partner in crime the slippery thief Arpid, the two make for an amusing pair [every hero needs a comic relief side kick]. From here the two battle the king and his armies, go through massive sand storms, take the sorceress, and do battle with a tribe of all female warriors [sounds like a good time, especially that last part].
While this movie certainly has flaws it is one of those turn off your brain for a while and just relax type flicks. The acting is solid and the action is good not to mention there is some very nice eye candy for all us fellas, ladies I suppose you have The Rock to look at. Director Chuck Russell does a good job here with the action in particular as that is the main reason this film was made, and writers Stephen Sommers, Jonathan Hales, William Osborne, and David Hayter did a decent job with the script. It feels flat at times as far as dialogue but even then I never expect much from these types of films in that department. As far as the final outcome this is a pretty good film but it just felt like it could have been epic. A story like this begs for an epic story with an epic outcome, this just seemed like a good story with a good outcome. I just feel like it could have been so much more.
As far as the acting every one is solid and seemed like they had a great time making this, I know I would. Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock does a good job on this film but you can see that he gets better with each film but he does a good job on this. Steven Brand is really good as king Memnon as he seems to have had a lot of fun with this character. Same can be said for Michael Clarke Duncan who plays Balthazar the leader of a tribe full of female warriors [lucky him]. Kelly Hu is super fine in this film as Cassandra the sorceress and does a good job with her performance. Bernard Hill as Philos does a great job in this as well in this film, love them explosives. But it is Grant Heslov who I find to be the most amusing in this film as Arpid, don't know what it is but I am a sucker for comic relief.
This movie is an enjoyable one but this is not the classic it could have been but at least it is better than most of the things out there. As far as The Rock's first starring film he did a good job and you could see back then that we was on his way to becoming a star. And for those wondering or if you do not know this is a WWE or at the time WWF film, Vince McMahon is an executive producer on this film. This is a fun movie that I would recommend to lovers of action flicks or people who like these back in the day films like Conan.
Saving the ancient world with one raised eyebrow... April 2, 2009
Craig Edwards (By the sea in NC)
The Scorpion King (2002) After putting in a brief appearance in the lackluster sequel The Mummy Returns, wrestling superstar Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson brings his ancient warrior character to a spin-off movie. And other than in the brief flashback scenes in the Mummy movies, there hasn't been much in the way of Big Screen swords and sorcery since Arnold Schwarzenegger retired Conan after just two movies back in the 1980's. But this flick should have revived the dormant genre, as it turns out to be a fun 'put your brain in neutral' timekiller. Johnson is up to the game here, with his bulging frame and insouciant attitude. Director Chuck Russell has experience putting large men through action paces, having helmed the Schwarzenegger vehicle Eraser, among others. The setup is simple in the extreme, an advantage in this kind of movie: a brief pre-credits sequence introduces Our Hero, then a quick setup to show us the bad guy, an evil king named Memnon (Steven Brand). After that it's just a matter of watching and enjoying as The Rock hacks and slashes his way through myriad henchman to get to the baddie. Director Russell uses his budget and digital effects well, with an impressively visual ancient desert land. There's a few too many modern anachronisms in the dialogue, but that seems to be true in all recent period movies (A Knight's Tale and The Count of Monte Cristo are two such examples) and though a bit annoying, it doesn't seriously mar the movie. Add in some fun supporting actors, like Michael Clarke Duncan (Armageddon) as a Rock rival forced to team up with him, and you've got a fine bit of entertainment for those so inclined. Check it out! Also with Kelly Hu (X2), Grant Heslov (True Lies) and Ralf Moeller (TV`s Conan).
 The Scorpion King - Blu-ray Info March 13, 2009
LGANS316 (Tokyo Japan)
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Version: U.S.A / Universal / Region Free
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
VC-1 BD-25 / AACS / Advanced Profile 3
Running time: 1:31:29
Movie size: 23,58 GB
Disc size: 24,01 GB
Total bit rate: 34.37 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 24.87 Mbps
DTS-HD Master Audio English 4547 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4547 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
DTS Audio French 768 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
DTS Audio Spanish 768 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / Dolby Surround
DTS Express English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / 16-bit
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Number of chapters: 20
#Audio Commentary
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Version: U.K / E.U / Japan
VC-1 BD-50
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1, DTS 5.1 - French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Japanese
Subtitles: Dutch, English SDH, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese
#U-Control - PIP
#Audio Commentary
#Deleted Scenes
#Alternative Scenes
#Making of
#Featurettes
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