Great Film: The Scorpion King
NOT TOO BAD...COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
Firstly, there were many great things about The Scorpion King. The Rock
played a real good part and he certainly has a bright future in the acting
industry. The beautiful Kelly Hu showed that she can be good on the big
screen and the ever reliable Michael Clarke Duncan played a great part as
well. The action scenes were hard hitting and brutal and the scenery was
fantastic as well.
The only thing that spoiled the film for me was the fact that it was not an
original idea. The plot has been done in so many movies before. Sometimes in
the movie world, certain plots are churned out time and time again and you
just get that feeling of deja vu. The plot for this film has been done in
dozens of movies and countless TV shows.
I saw this film with a friend of mine and he really really enjoyed it.
However, he usually likes cop movies and hasn't seen many fantasy adventure
movies so watching this was a first for him. I have seen dozens of movies
like this and whilst it was very good, I did get that feeling of
familiarity.
But anyway, I still recommend it. The fight scenes are awesome and there are
some funny scenes in it. And again, the Rock does have a future as an actor.
I just hope that his next project is a fresh idea.
I'm going to really be awkward here but there's three other things that
bothered me about this movie. There was a short scene with an Indian
elephant in. Did ancient Egypt have elephants? I'm no wildlife expert but I
didn't think they did. Secondly, wasn't it amazing that there was such a
variety of accents in the film. Lastly, gunpowder in ancient Egypt? No
way!
I'm just getting old though-watch and enjoy!
Cast
- Balthazar played by Michael Clarke Duncan
- Mathayus The Scorpion King played by Dwayne Johnson
- Arpid played by Grant Heslov
- Thorak played by Ralf Moeller
- Philos played by Bernard Hill
- Torturer played by Nils Allen Stewart
- Memnon played by Steven Brand
