Le Roi Scorpion : La Quête du pouvoir

"The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power" is the fourth of five instalments in the series, now direct to DVD, that was spun off from The Rock's cameo in "The Mummy Returns".

Victor Webster, most well-known for his appearances in a handful of Hallmark movies, is the only holdover from the last movie, returning as Mathayus. Ron Pearlman and Billy Zane are nowhere to be seen, which is a good thing, because the third one was not good.

The Scorpion King is betrayed by someone he thought was a friend and following that must team up with a beautiful woman (who, of course, has her own secrets) to stop the bad guy from gaining the ability to unlock a powerful ancient power that could see him rule the world.

Not the most original plot line, I know, but it does the trick in this instance. A lot of fighting, not much blood. Some differing acting: some okay, some horrible.

You get what you expect, more or less.

Passably entertaining.

Some of the Scorpion King movies try to be... sort of serious. And some try to be... sort of funny. This fourth movie combines Monty Python style British humor, with lots of pratfalls. The movie-maker tried for sexy, and didn't utterly fail. Seen on Tubi, the free streaming site; which has many low budget films, indie films, foreigns, and now, live TV.

You can change actors but the result is still horrible, worse and worse. Steroids, bad dialogues, annoying rethoric, weak plot. Just commercial machist poor movie. As the other chapters it can make you reevaluate The Rock: it doesn't need anything else to say.

When my friend mentioned to me there was a Scorpion King 4, he said this was a Nanar, which is a french word they use in France, with the equivalent in English that could be "movies there so bad there good" but at the same time, its not exactly that.

First of all the movie is made to be an action adventure comedy, with a huge emphasis on comedy. Its been so long i have not seen the first Scorpion King with Dwayne Johnson, i can't remember exactly but i am sure it was not that "on the comedy aspect" if i can say.

It seem the cast just had fun with this one, its almost like watching a Disney cartoon with real persons. If you can remember Hercules the Legendary Journeys with Kevin Sorbo, well this is close to that.

So could we really call it a "Nanar"? Not really cause it seem they really knew what they wanted to do and they did just that. Honestly i had fun watching it, the characters where cool, and sure at times i was like "oh common really?" but always with a smile. Its just a good family fun time.

Just don't expect anything serious and you should enjoy it.

This adventure again deals with Mathayus (Victor Webster who did most of his own stunts) who his betrayed by his friend Drazen (Will Kemp) . Mathayus is assigned by king Zakkour (Rutger Hauer) to quest for peace with another ruler (Michael Biehn) , whose son results to be the former friend who double-crossed him. Mathayus is incarcerated , but along with an imprisoned princess called Valina (Ellen Hollman) escape jumping from the walls an impressive fortress . Then , Mathausis relentlessly pursued by the army of the entire kingdom , being accused for killing a king, while looking for a strange artifact that unleashes a dark power.

Sword and Fantasy film with fights , battles , pursuits and touches of humor and irony . The film The Scorpion King the lost throne (2015) with good cast as Webster , Will Kemp , Lou Ferrigno , Barry Botwick ,wresler Eve Torres turns out to be more a sequel to third part Battle for redemption (2012) by Roel Reine with Webster , Ron Perlman , Billy Zane , westler Dave Bautista than the first and original Scorpion King (2002) by Stephen Sommers with WWE westler The Rock Dwayne Johnson, Kelli Hu ,Bernard Hill, Steven Brand , Grant Heslov. While the second part The rise of warrior (2008) by Russell Mulcahy with Michael Copon , Karen David , Tom Wu , westler Randy Couture is more a prequel to the original, first and best film .This entertaining film contains a fun and amusing relationship between two starring : Victor Webster and and Ellen Hollman. Here Victor Webster repeats his role , being the first actor in the franchise to return his character as Malthayus . The picture benefits itself from a sympathetic and enjoyable support cast , such as : the ex-Hulk Lou Ferrigno , WWE westler Eve Torres , veteran Martial art expert Don Dragon Wilson , Michael Biehn , Barry Bostwick as a nutty wise and special and brief appearance from Rutger Hauer in one of his last ones .

The motion picture was professional ,but with no originality , made by Mike Elliott , following the wake of the third part . Elliott is a prolific producer who has financed a lot of films , usually B-movies, such as : Manhunt , Black Scorpion , Hit the floor , Detonator , Santa Girl, Woody Woodpicker , Dangerous waters , Automation and many others . And he has directed a few films as November rule, A warden's ransom, American pie girls' rule , Bethoven's big break . Rating : 4.5/10 . Inferior sequel. Only for The Scorpion King Saga fans