Story Line
In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.
“Warrior. Legend. King.”
Top Cast
Dwayne Johnson
Mathayus / The Scorpion King
Steven Brand
Memnon
Michael Clarke Duncan
Balthazar
Sherri Howard
Queen Isis
Bernard Hill
Philos
Grant Heslov
Arpid
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Rating
5.6/ 10
Release Date
2002-04-18
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
ActionAdventureFantasy
Part of the Series
The Scorpion King Collection
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User Reviews (3)
Gimly
4/10
•6/27/2017When _The Scorpion King_ first came out in '02, it would be hard to imagine that between this franchise and its forebears (_The Mummy_ & _The Mummy Returns_), that it would be _The Scorpion King_ who would continue to live on in the following decade....
CinemaSerf
5/10
•9/3/2023Spawned from the "Mummy Returns" this rather stolid and lurching drama tells the tale of “Mathayus” (Dwayne Johnson) an “Akkadian” - an ancient sort of Mesopotamian - who tries to overthrow the tyrant king “Memnon” (Steven Brand) who reigns with the ...
r96sk
7/10
•2/18/2025<em>'The Scorpion King'</em> isn't one to take seriously, but based on sheer entertainment factor I did suitably enjoy this. It was, at least for yours truly, a fairly breezy 90 minutes, they did a solid job at keeping the action paced well across th...