Scorpion King: Book of Souls

2018 1h 42m EN

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★5.9TMDB · 324

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The Scorpion King teams up with a female warrior named Tala, who is the sister of The Nubian King. Together they search for a legendary relic known as The Book of Souls, which will allow them to put an end to an evil warlord.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Zach McGowan
Mathayus
Peter Mensah
Nebserek
Pearl Thusi
Tala
Mayling Ng
Khensa
Katy Louise Saunders
Amina
Inge Beckmann
Mennofer
Stephanie Schildknecht
Abel's Mother
Howard Charles
Uruk

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Don Michael Paul
Writers: Frank DeJohn, David Alton Hedges
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Scorpion King Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Don Michael Paul, shot by Hein de Vos. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Frederik Wiedmann. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Vanick Moradian shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Zach McGowan and Peter Mensah and Pearl Thusi carry the top of the cast.

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IMDB entry: tt7338690 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Don Michael Paul directs. Hein de Vos behind the camera. Frederik Wiedmann scores. Vanick Moradian cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 8 years ago.
2Part of the "The Scorpion King Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Don Michael Paul, shot by Hein de Vos. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Frederik Wiedmann. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Vanick Moradian shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Zach McGowan and Peter Mensah and Pearl Thusi carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt7338690 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Released under 20 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Hein de Vos
Original score: Frederik Wiedmann
Editing: Vanick Moradian
Production design: Shane Bunce
Costume design: Neil McClean
Makeup / hair: Madelein Krugell
Runtime: 102 min · 1h 42m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Scorpion King: Book of Souls (2018)

Part of

The Scorpion King Collection

The Scorpion King collection is a spin-off to The Mummy Returns and follows the story of Mathayus and his rise to become the Scorpion King. The franchise began with the 2002 film The Scorpion King, directed by Chuck Russell and starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Kelly Hu, Grant Heslov, and Michael Clarke Duncan.

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Gimly2019-01-22
★ 4/10
Mathayus the Scorpion King, a character now played by an American Samoan, a Filipino German, a French Canadian, and a Jewish American (and seemingly getting smaller with each incarnation) is a ruler supposedly from Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq). Now I was never one to demand the nationality of the actor match that of the character (particularly one from so long ago that there is no way to be 100% certain exactly how said character may have looked). But it might be an idea to lock down a rough appearance to hold consistent throughout your own franchise. Book of Souls purports to be the final entry in this very loose series of The Mummy Returns spinoffs. If they had continued in the vain of the third entry, that's something I might be sad about, alas, these last two entries have decided to once again take the absurd Scorpion King premise seriously (Book of Souls admittedly less so, but still far too much to really get into). Pretty cool ending credits animation though. Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.
r96sk2025-02-20
★ 6/10
<em>'The Scorpion King: Book of Souls'</em> is, surprisingly, almost good. Well, that's what I think anyway - the average rating says otherwise! The story is what lets it down, because it is underwhelming, but I the cast and characters are ones I didn't mind watching. Zach McGowan makes for the fourth actor to appear as the titular character, he isn't no worse than those that have preceded him; I prefer him to Victor Webster, even if I warmed to the latter due to his double appearance in the series. McGowan and Pearl Thusi work as a two. Katy Louise Saunders is decent too, while Enkidu (played by Nathan Jones) is honestly impressive for a flick of this level - great make-up and effects, even if the character is clearly superhero movie inspired. I will say that the antagonists aren't as positive as the the aforementioned, but are still fine. There is also a good end credits song, which I appreciate. It seems the majority rank this with the other sequels, for me though it is the best - if still not actually good - since the Dwayne Johnson original. Speaking of The Rock, he is reportedly behind an upcoming reboot of this series - it'll be interesting to see how that turns out.