The - Scorpion King Internet Archive

The Scorpion King is a 2002 American sword and sorcery film directed by Chuck Russell and starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Steven Brand, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Kelly Hu. The film is a prequel to the 1999 film The Mummy and explores the origins of the character Mathayus, a young warrior who becomes the Scorpion King.

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Mathayus, a skilled Akkadian assassin, is hired along with his two brothers to kill the evil warlord Memnon. Memnon rules the region with the help of Cassandra, a sorceress who can see the future. Mathayus’s mission fails: his brothers are killed, and he is captured. the scorpion king internet archive