The Scorpion King
	Rated: PG-13
	Runtime: 1hr 29min
	Starring: The Rock, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Hu, Ralf Moeller, Bernard Hill
	MFG Rating: 4/5

The Scorpion King is the first starring role for WWF wrestling star The Rock who many believe has a huge future in action movies. So, is the most electrifying man in sports entertainment just as electrifying on the big screen? Well, this isn't exactly a role to truly test anyone, but based on what we've seen so far, the answer is probably yes.

Although this is the third movie in The Mummy series, the story is a bit of a mess if you try to treat this as "The Mummy 3". So don't even attempt it. The Scorpion King is a character introduced in The Mummy Returns, but we go way back in time in this prequel to meet the character and see how he rises to power.

The Rock's character is named Mathayus in this movie. He is among the last survivors of his tribe called the Arkadians who are known as highly skilled assassins. The land and all of the tribes are being conquered by an evil guy with a bad haircut named Memnon who with the aid of a sorceress is seemingly unstoppable. Mathayus is hired to kill Memnon's sorceress and quickly finds himself in a battle against the King's entire army. Or something like that.

It doesn't matter what the plot is! What everyone goes to this movie to see is The Rock laying the smackdown on a bunch of rooty poo candy asses. And that's exactly what you get. The movie feels kind of like Conan with a 68 million dollar budget. There are tons of pricey special effects and a fight breaks out every few minutes as the film moves along at a very rapid pace. The Rock does well, his charisma does come through on screen. He did his own stunts and more than makes the fights look good.

We only have a couple of complaints with the movie. First off, a movie with this many fight sequences and all of them with blades involved really needs an R-rating. Perhaps then we would've seen all of Kelly Hu's body as well. We were teased big time by her outfits, or lack there of. The second is The Rock's audience expects some of his trademark gimmicks. We do get one very well timed People's Eyebrow, but that's it. The Rock has said he intentionally did not do them as he wanted the Scorpion King to be its own character. We respectfully disagree with that decision. Campy action flicks need signature moves and lines just like wrestling, and some of Rock's bits would carry over and serve him well.

Overall, we really enjoyed this movie. It is what it is, nothing more, but it delivers exactly what it promises. The dialog is campy, the plot is thin, but of the 89 minutes of film that make up this movie probably 70 minutes of it are action. It is better than either of the two previous Mummy movies in our opinion, so if you enjoyed those or if you're just a fan of The Rock, go see it.

- Billy Bob