jacobjohntaylor1 This is a very good movie. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. The Scorpion King is better. But still I give this movie 7 out of 10. It is a great fantasy movie. It very scary at times. It is a prequel. Do not know why it got a 3.8. That is just underrating it. It is not a 3.8. It is a great movie. It is one of the best fantasy horror movies from 2008. It is a prequel to The Scorpion King. It is also ha prequel to The Mummy. All The Scorpion king movie are prequels to The Mummy. If you like good horror movies you need to see this movie. I need more line and I am running out of things to say.

davemfawcett I can handle corny, silly and even bad acting if the story is good and the plot makes some sense and the action is plausible. Heck, while I liked most of the mummy movies and even felt the first scorpion king was worth watching...once; this movie was a colossal waist of time.Not often is a movie so bad I felt obligated to warn other's to stay away. The director Russell Mulcahy has done some decent movies in the past; but definitely cheated the people who financed this debacle. It is perhaps the worst job of directing I have sense since.....well ever. It was obvious they were just trying to cash in on the first Scorpion King movie, the director appeared not even to try and ensure a half way decent product; confusing plot line, jumping from one part of the earth to the other in a matter of seconds with no explanation on how they got there, (hours to get into forest, seconds to get out???) implausible fight scenes at the end (both the arena and the scorpion) that were so bad it made me angry I even watched it till the ending. I was like, Really Director...ugh

Aodhanrooney Out of my list of favourite and enjoyable mythical, fantasy, ancient historical, or fictional historical movies, this is perhaps one if my worst. Scorpion King: Rise of Warrior, rises nothing to the standard of outweighing it's predecessor, starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. The screenplay is messy and doesn't equal enough with the original's in many areas, due to it's overuse of dull and totally In-original dialogue, which leaves the characters underdeveloped and dis-interesting. The only character I found interesting was Ari, played by Simon Quarterman. Quarterman's performance was exceptional, due to his distinguishing voice, which went well with his limited narration in the movie. I just wished the other characters would have got on with him better and more positively, but given that it went the opposite way, it shows how smart and knowledgeable he was, to overcome them and for them to see their own level of lesser knowledge or expertise as a probable weakness. Most of the other characters are outright combatants and sword-wielding figures. The story was almost great, but the screenplay and dialogue failed to live up to it's full potential. I didn't particularly like the acting of leading actor Micheal Copon, whom plays the 'Black Scorpion' champion and vengeful Mathayus, who is on the verge of killing the evil king Sargon, played by Randy Couture. Copon makes us believe that there's nothing remarkably significant about Mathayus (who, myself, at first, was willing to believe he was a superior character and warrior, who appeared acrobatic and skillful in ever way - much like the Prince of Persia), which is disappointing. I found most of the other performances bad as well, with the exception of Quarterman, Andreas Wisnieski and several others, as well. For the audience I can only consider this recommendable if you're a huge fan of the first Scorpion King and if you're willing to continue to follow the story, as more sequels are brought to our attention - I would also, personally, suggest that you think carefully about this one, as it may, predictably, be the movie you weren't hoping for.

Michael O'Keefe This is one of those movies that cries for your full attention; but this prequel to 2002's THE SCORPION KING is pitiful and the more you watch you realize this thing is just not going to get any better. The young warrior Mathayus(Michael Copon)witnesses his father's death at the hands of the evil and powerful King Sargon(Ultimate Fighting champ Randy Couture). Mathayus trains six years to become one of the King's elite body guards the Black Scorpions and all the while plots to avenge his father's death. Some real nice special effects, but the dialog is so ridiculous anything redeemable is buried in the sand. The exciting fight scenes are just not enough to carry a movie that seems to lumber on aimlessly.The cast includes: Simon Quarterman, Karen David, Tom Wu, Jeremy Crutchley and Natalie Becker.