Product Description

See how the legend of The Scorpion King began! When a young Mathayus witnesses his father's death at the hands of the king (UFC Champion Randy Couture), his quest for vengeance transforms him into the most feared warrior of the ancient world. From the director of Resident Evil: Extinction and Highlander comes a heroic adventure filled with heart-stopping action and thrilling visual effects!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17762 in DVD
• Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
• Released on: 2008-08-19
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 109 minutes

Amazon.com
The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior is a dazzling prequel to the 2002 adventure movie The Scorpion King, the latter starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Mathayus, the warrior who takes on an evil army attacking his homeland. The Scorpion King 2 stars Michael Copon as a young Mathayus, who trains to become one of his king's warriors and then declares vengeance on the evil Sargon after the latter kills Mathayus' father. The hero's ascension as a noble fighter coincides with Sargon's usurping of the throne, leading Mathayus to seek a supernatural means to destroy him. His quest leads him to the infamous labyrinth in which the Minotaur feasts on men, and to the underworld itself, a horrifying place in which people become ensnared and die very slowly. Accompanied by a childhood friend-turned-warrior (Karen Shenaz David) and a philosopher-huckster (Simon Quarterman), Mathayus bravely but uncertainly battles through one obstacle after another to complete his journey. Directed by Australian filmmaker Russell Mulcahy (Resident Evil: Extinction), The Scorpion King 2 is a suspenseful and sometimes startling feature, with art direction and special effects that evoke the mysteries of ancient Greece and indeed make the underworld look like a most unearthly and nightmarish place. --Tom Keogh



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Customer Reviews

a Rock, junior?
Ok, having read the other reviews about this movie,- scorpion king 2, i can concur, - the acting was bad, the story could have been better, - true true -- BUT, i was happy to see that the little baldheaded mathyias had the mannerisms of the older mathyias down pat, - down to the eyebrow lift - i enjoyed alot of that. - i watched the whole movie. - i cringed some, i laughed some at some stupidness, - but i watched it, and will give it to my grandkids --

Some good....lots of bad
First of all they picked a non-interesting baby face actor to be the
major character...oh my ...The bad guy was ok but sounds like he needs more acting roles by the way he delivered his line... the bad witch or whatever...too cute....
And now for the good stuff....At one point the movie resembled a sword
and sandal quest movies that was popular in the 1960's... the desert
land of the dead scenario was the best. The other surprise was the actor that portrayed the scribe /writer in this movie...Reminded me of a young Roddy McDowall character from Alladin movies to the planet of the apes movies.
So the 2 stars are for the Bad guy, the scribe and the limited budget special effect personel.
Rent it....dont buy it

Review of Scorpion King 2
This movie was ok. They really needed this movie to be the first of the two Scorpion King movies. Mainly because this movie was when the main character of both movies was young and told why and how he became the assassin and one of the last of his kind in the original movie.