Platypuschow Considering I didn't rate the big Hollywood blockbuster The Scorpion King (2002) I sure as hell didn't expect I'd think much of the straight to DVD sequels.The second surprised me and was actually really quite fun, a great take your brain out fantasy outing.This one, was closer in quality to the first but still better than you'd expect all things considered.Starring Ron Perlman, Billy Zane, Temuera Morrison, Kimbo Slice and Dave Bautista it's straight to DVD status is blatant but it's not entirely awful.Set after the 2002 outing it tells the story of our Scorpion King protagonist fallen on hard times and becoming a mercenary. Sadly The Rock by this point had become too big a star to return so Victor Webster stepped in. Now I do hate characters being recast but under the circumstances I think he did a decent enough job both in his performance and appearance.With an odd level of comedy Battle for Redemption delivers the goods to a degree but not the ones you'd be seeking from a movie like this. The fight sequences are poor, the story is cliched to hell and the likes of Perlman are barely on camera at all.Not bad, not good, just passable stuff.The Good:Couple of great charactersBilly ZaneSome surprisingly good comedyThe Bad:Selina LoAction scenes are underwhelmingI do hate recastingThings I Learnt From This Movie:This film is a sequel to a prequel to a prequel of a sequel of a remake (No seriously!)Last time I saw Olaf he was called Donald Gibb

cookiepapple I watched this movie at a pool party at my stepmother's place. She rented it from red box earlier in the day and let us watch it in the pool.Much of the action is live. Ron Perlman's character is a sleaze like usual. I noticed how much I despised his character. He reminds me so much of my king. My king is very cruel and unwise; slow to take a hint. I love the ending when Ron Perlman is pretty much just getting fisted by our heroes.My step mother asked me if I liked the movie. I said, "Very much. Thank you." I got out of the pool and dried off.

SnoopyStyle Mathayus (Victor Webster), the Scorpion King, has lost his sorceress-queen and his kingdom. He returns to live out the rest of his life as a mercenary. He is hired by King Horus (Ron Perlman) to stop his brother Talus (Billy Zane) from stealing the Book of the Dead and taking over the throne. He is paired up with Germania warrior Olaf. They travel to the Far East kingdom ruled by Horus' ally Ramusan who guards the book. Tallus has kidnapped Ramusan's daughter Silda. The kingdom is facing a revolt by the mysterious Cobra. With no gold in reserve, Ramusan offers her hand in marriage in exchange for her rescue. Mathayus discovers hidden secrets and conflicting schemes while looking for a medallion.The writing is a mess. The acting is generally bad. The production is a mixture of bad and wow, they have elephants! The action is chaotic but at least, there is lots of it. There are plenty of extras. And did I mention the elephants? This is strictly B-movie time here. Even the action gets tiresome after awhile.

benlancaster09 Awful. Completely awful. I applaud those of you who managed to watch this entire piece of crap, but I could not. I was only 12 minutes in when I found myself IMDb'ing the movie and reading the other negative reviews. And then proceeded to watch the next 20 minutes of the movie in 30x speed whilst I thought up how to convey my disgust into words in my own review.Mummy I & Mummy II were great. Mummy III was alright. The 1st Scorpion King was even alright. But don't be fooled...this has nothing to do with those movies, other than a brief reference at the start.I honestly feel sick knowing that they spent approx. 5 million bucks on this sad excuse for a movie, just for people to rag on it. Imagine all the time and effort spent by all the cast and crew, and have everyone hate it. lol...I keep falling for it...they get your interest by displaying a somewhat known actor on the cover (Ron Perlman & Billy Zane), but the lead actor is some no-name who can't act. Even Ron and Billy, when they're on screen, are at their worst. Obviously in need of money... Well now they will have even less because what was left of their already diminishing careers is now completely destroyed.This is one of those movies that is just so bad...and you want to form your disgust into words, but you just cant...there are no words for this. It's horrible. Don't watch it. And I know when people say don't watch something, it just makes you want to watch it more. But trust me, the reviews are right on this one. It's bad. Really bad. Just....don't...Every time I looked up from reading the other negative reviews, the character's were in some other part of the world. When I first tuned out the two main character's were fighting, and the so called 'king' was getting his ass kicked. Then I read another review, then looked up again and they were in some full-blown war with about 100 people - that escalated quickly!From what I could tell at 30x speed, the story-line made no sense, the acting was atrocious, the visual effects were just bad, and the cinematography left something to be desired too...Go home Scorpion King 3. No one wants you.