The Scorpion King (2002) on Netflix
PG-1320021h 32mActionAdventureFantasy
Before the pyramids, Memnon's horde overruns the local tribes, and his sorcerer sees every attack coming. Mathayus, one of the last Akkadians, is hired with Jesup and Rama to kill that sorcerer.
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Memnon's warriors come out of the East before the time of the pyramids, bringing most of the local tribes under his rule; none of them dares to fight him because his sorcerer foresees every attack. Mathayus is an assassin and one of the last surviving Akkadians, together with his brother Jesup and their companion Rama. King Pheron, who leads the free tribes, hires the three of them to kill the sorcerer as a last effort to stop Memnon. The task falls to Mathayus, who sets out with Jesup and Rama toward Memnon's stronghold, Gomorrah, where the sorcerer is kept.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Scorpion King (2002)
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- Dwayne Johnson was paid $5.5 million for his first leading role, a record fee for a first-time lead, after earning $500,000 for his short appearance as the same character in The Mummy Returns.
- The Scorpion King took the biggest April opening weekend on record at the time, beating The Matrix, and held that record for only a year until Anger Management passed it in 2003.
- Mathayus is loosely drawn from a real ruler, King Scorpion of predynastic Egypt, whose existence is attested by finds such as the Scorpion Tableau, discovered at Gebel Tjauti in 1995.
- Director Chuck Russell put looks ahead of history: modern touches such as bikini waxing were given to the characters for the sake of the image, loosely justified by ancient Egyptian hair-removal habits.
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