Il Re Scorpione - Il libro delle anime

To be honest, this production could have only just held its head above the B. Luckily its head is safe, despite a low budget. Brilliant casting, with stars from Black Sails and Spartacus continuing in similar sword-fighting roles. Plenty of muscle, beautiful strong and magical women, flying in the air fights and a really crazy huge original offsider (possibly a stand out here). The plot was faithful to the genre and the franchise. Not too many effects but tastefully done (this is not Gods of Egypt). This is probably the best Scorpion I've seen, great for teenagers (though there is quite a lot of killing though not much blood), or fantastic for a Saturday arvo lazy if you are into fantasy.

There are several good stuff that you might be able to watch this film and appreciate it. The soundtrack is a bit loud but pretty grand, the cinematography is pretty good, the special effects and the graphic works are not bad either. The leading role who played the Scorpion King got pretty good muscle but his face is not very attractive or shall we say, not handsome enough, and I don't know if his voice is his true voice, but it's too thick and low, making his dialog sometimes not quite easy to understand. Yes, this kind of ancient myth is a bit shallow and childish, but this film is well made and seriously directed and performed. It's a bit too long, dragged out too endless, I almost lost my patience in the end, but in general, it's a quite decent production. Watchable, and actually not bad at all, if you don't have anything great to watch at the moment.

It was a decent action movie I suppose, but the cast was truly gorgeous.

Loovvvveee it!!!! SK is back and better than ever. Gone is the camp and the cheese and in comes the action adventure. This is what SK should be, and I'm glad they've rethunk it!!! Very good movie, impressively directed, especially at this budget level!!! Kudos!!! Keep slaying, SK!!!

The Stephen Sommers Mummy franchise, for all intents and purpose, is dead. There hasn't been a decent installment since 2008's Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and the direct-to-video sequels to it's Scorpion King spin-off have been nothing short of terrible and unnecessary.

Yet, I'll concur that Book of Souls is an improvement over the last two Scorpion King sequels in terms of plot and cinematography, capturing the feel of The Mummy films. But not enough to revive long-term interest in a franchise that has since been relegated to the DTV ghetto. Especially when these films shuffle lead actors like it shuffles cards.