Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior

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Movie
German title Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior
Original title The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior
Country of production USA , South Africa , Germany
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 109 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Russell Mulcahy
script Randall McCormick ,
Stephen Sommers
production Stephen Sommers,
Jörg Westerkamp ,
David Wicht
music Klaus Badelt
camera Glynn Speeckaert
cut John Gilbert
occupation
synchronization
chronology

←  Predecessor
The Scorpion King

Successor  →
The Scorpion King 3 - Battle for the throne

Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior (Original title: The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior ) is a 2008 published Direct-to-DVD - prequel to the 2002 published movie The Scorpion King , which is itself a prequel to 1999's remake of The Mummy is. In August 2007 it was announced that this time it would not be Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson , but Michael Copon . In addition, Karen David would take on the role of the female heroine. The film is about the young Mathayus, who has to witness the death of his father, and who embarks on a campaign of revenge that makes him the most feared warrior in the ancient world.

Filming for the film began on October 1, 2007 in Cape Town , South Africa . The film was released on August 19, 2008 in the USA and on August 28, 2008 in Germany on Blu-Ray and DVD . On December 15, 2010, the film was first broadcast in Germany on RTL II . 2012 was directed by Roel Reiné The Scorpion King 3 - Battle for the Throne . The Scorpion King 4 - The Lost Throne followed in 2015 and Scorpion King: The Book of Souls in 2018 .

action

Mathayus wants to avenge the death of his father at the hand of Sargon, who is now king of Akkad , and for this goes into the service of the royal bodyguard. After he finishes his training, he is hired by Sargon to kill Noah - his own brother. Mathayus refuses, frees his brother and flees the city. But a magic arrow follows the two and finally kills Noah.

Mathayus then boarded a ship to Egypt with his childhood friend Layla . There he wants to search for the spear of Osiris, which he believes can break through the black magic of Sargon and thus its defense. A fellow traveler, the Greek poet Aristophanes (Ari), explains to Mathayus and Layla that the spear only kills Egyptian creatures and is therefore unsuitable against Sargon. The sword of Damocles, however, would have an effect. Mathayus and Layla then travel to Greece , accompanied by Ari , where they want to enter the underworld in search of the sword . On the way there, the trio falls into a trap and finds themselves among several men who were left as an offering to the mythical Minotaur . Some of the victims are mercenaries who owe Mathayus' father allegiance and therefore help the three in the fight against the Minotaur. With the help of the Chinese prisoner Fung, Mathayus, Layla and Ari finally succeed in victory.

The grown group now travels to the underworld, where they are attacked by the goddess Astarte . Layla and Astarte fight each other while Fung and Ari look for the sword. After finding it, Astarte tries to send Layla to hell, but Mathayus can save her and they all return to the human world together.

Astarte orders Sargon to get her sword back, and he asks in return for more power over the black magic. When the group reaches Akkad, Sargon activates a machine that pumps oil into the water supply. The mixture of oil and water begins to flow through statues into the city, where it is then set on fire.

Mathayus uses the sword of Damocles to fight his way to Sargon, but finds his father. When it turns out that Sargon is hiding behind it in disguise, he uses the confusion to his advantage and disarms Mathayus. Ari picks up the sword and hands it to Sargon, revealing that he has been bribed with riches. However, it quickly becomes clear that the sword presented to Sargon is just a cheap forgery. Ari finally gives Mathayus the real sword, allowing him to put Sargon into distress. The latter then claims that Mathayus, as a member of his bodyguard, is obliged to be loyal to him and therefore cannot kill him. Mathayus then burns the tattoo of the scorpion warriors off his arm, while Sargon retreats into the shadows.

For the final confrontation, Sargon transforms into a huge, black, almost invisible scorpion. Ultimately, Mathayus kills the Scorpion King while Fung and Layla put out the fires in the city. Astarte informs Mathayus that she will show him no mercy, but he is relatively unimpressed. After receiving medical treatment from Layla, Mathayus finally wakes up in bed. Layla tells him that he has acquired the right to rule the king, but he refuses. Instead, he wants to go on more adventures for the time being.

synchronization

actor speaker role
Simon Quarterman Philipp Moog Ari
Peter Butler Walter von Hauff Ashur
Natalie Becker Natascha Schaff Astarte
Tom Wu Original sound Fong
Warrick Grier Crock Krumbiegel General Abalgamash
Robin Smith Kai Taschner Holy priest
Karen David Shandra Schadt Layla
Michael Copon Stefan Günther Mathayus
Andreas Wisniewski Willi Röbke Pollux
Randy Couture Gudo Hoegel Sargon
Christian Bennett Niko Macoulis Shalmanesians
Raffaele Sabatini Michael Brennicke Ticket seller
NN Philipp Moog teller

Reviews

The film received mostly negative ratings internationally. The film magazine Cinema spoke of an "exhausting, humorous action nonsense" who plundered "Greek mythology". The film-dienst saw a “simple fantasy adventure with solid production standards”. The industry journal Variety judged that the film looked like a " CW television version of a Swords and Sorcery saga ".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karen David starring in Scorpion King Sequel . Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  2. ^ The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian begins filming . Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ a b Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior. (No longer available online.) Film service , formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 28, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.filmdienst.de  
  4. ↑ The Scorpion King 2 - Rise of a Warrior. German synchronous index , accessed on November 28, 2014 .
  5. ↑ 2. THE SCORPION KING Cinema , accessed on 28 November 2014 .
  6. ↑ Joe Leydon: Review: 'The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior'. Variety , August 27, 2008, accessed on November 28, 2014 (English): "The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior suggests a CW television network version of a swords-and-sorcery saga."