Product Details

• Format: Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Universal Studios
• DVD Release Date: September 30, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000B1A2A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #528,598 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Two of the Greats, September 2, 2011

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changingspirit - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Scorpion King & Mummy Returns (DVD)

These movies are taking the place of my VCR movies and I was extremely happy with the price. I was looking for both movies as a single purchase but was able to get both through a single offer and at a very good price. I most assuredly have enjoyed watching Scorpion King and the Mummy Returns.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great action and overall decent movie, October 9, 2006

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magellan (Santa Clara, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mummy Returns/The Scorpion King (DVD)

Please note that this review is only for The Scorpion King in this two movie set, as I haven't watched the other flick yet.

I enjoyed this movie. I'd read some of the other reviews about it, and some people have criticized the movie for being overly cliched and predictable. No doubt some people will say that the movie serves up its hunk of beefcake in all-too-predictable a fashion. But come on folks, this sort of action-packed thriller isn't meant to be analyzed or dissected in too much detail--it's meant to be fun, mindless entertainment--and in that regard, it succeeds very well. I was also pleasantly surprised to find The Rock (pro-wrestler Dwayne Johnson) has considerable on-screen presence, as he goes around offing bad guys right and left.

Not that The Rock has to carry the whole movie on his own considerable shoulders. The bad-guy king (Steven Brand) who The Rock is sent to assasinate and his sorceress (Kelly Hu) are also good in their roles, as is The Rock's sidekick (unfortunately I don't know the actor's name) who provides some comic relief, much in the same way that R2D2 and C3PO did in the first Star Wars movie (actually Lucas got the idea for the comic pair from one of Kurosawa's movies).

The swordplay and fight scenes are top-notch. And speaking of swordplay, big guy Michael Clarke Duncan also has an important role as the Nubian king, and his fight with the Rock is one of the climaxes of the movie, as he almost beats The Rock in a dramatic mano-a-mano sword battle. I'm not sure there were black Nubians, who were well-known in Roman times after the emperor Octavian conquered North Africa, living in Sumeria in 4000 BC, when the Akkadians lived in ancient Sumeria, but as I said, I don't really analyze movies like this too much. It gets in the way of the fun.

I don't know what ancient Akkadian or Sumerian sets would look like, either, but these seemed pretty realistic to me and added to the movie's overall ambience. (I'm sure King Sargon of Akkad would have approved even if they weren't--after all, the Akkadians haven't gotten much play in about 4000 years). This sort of action movie plays very well on the Big Screen, and I'm sure I enjoyed seeing it more in a theater as opposed to seeing it on TV.

All in all, a fun way to spend a Sat. or Sun. afternoon or evening. Big Bubba says goes see it and don't "Bogart" the popcorn.