The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Well, what a rotten way to end Sequel Month with the umpteenth bad sequel. It's again, a shame because "For A Few Dollars More" was so good. This movie features Mathayus teaming up with this obnoxious guy named Olaf to save a kingdom. The villains are led by a guy named Cobra. That reminds me that I would much rather be watching "G. I. Joe". This movie is mostly just fight scene after fight scene.There's some talk and then more fight scenes. Movies like "Avengers: Infinity War" are so much better with how creative the non stop action is. Everyone just has unique costumes and designs and we've spent so much time building up the characterizations. I barely even remember the second movie at all, so maybe it's my fault for not paying attention. Hey, it's June. You know what that means, Comedy Month! *1/2

Watching the previous movies created some level of expectation. Regrettably this film doesn't meet up to any of them. The story seems to contain weird gaps and the whole setting looks like they plundered a store with costumes for carnivals. In the same army there are Indian looking soldiers along with Roman legionnaires. Also they should've fired the editor and director. Filming a fight from 2 sides and in the middle of the jump the persons change position! The only thing worth looking at is Krystal Vee, since she is quite an attractive girl and she throws in some girl power. However, her role is very unrealistic. All in all, not a film to put on your want-list.

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.

The film is so promising. It has some good actors and continues the Mummy /Scorpion King Franchise. Or so I thought. This screenplay is weak. It has cardboard characters, clichés, and anachronisms. Its plot is uneven. It's as if the screenwriters couldn't decide on the genre. Fantasy? Mythology? Comedy? Adventure? I soon lost interest. I was disappointed with the third Mummy movie, but it was Oscar material compared to this. Don't watch this movie expecting it to have anything to do with the original Scorpion King. Read the other reviews for more information. I can only wonder what Ron Perlman, Billy Zane, etc. were thinking when they signed on for this movie.