Here's the chronological and release order of The Mummy franchise and its spin-off saga The Scorpion King. Universal scored a major success during its early days' thanks to its monster movies like 1931's Dracula, Frankenstein and The Invisible Man. This so-called Universal Classic Monsters franchise lasted all the way to the 1950s, with the Creature from the Black Lagoon and its sequels marking the original ending of the cycle. Many of these early films are still considered classics but attempts to revive the brand - such as 2010's The Wolfman or the "Dark Universe" - have often led to nothing.
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Easily the biggest modern-day success for the Universal Monsters line-up was 1999's The Mummy. This was originally developed through the '90s as an R-rated horror movie with the likes of Clive Barker and George A. Romero developing it. Director Stephen Sommers' pitched a more blockbuster-friendly take that blended horror with adventure. This fusion resulted in a surprise hit for Universal. Not only did it spawn two direct sequels, the cameo appearance by WWE wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns saw the studio build a spin-off around his villain.
Johnson fronted The Scorpion King in 2002, marking his first leading role. The actor skipped out on its sequels, however, which all went straight to DVD. That means The Mummy and its spin-off Scorpion King saga comprises eight movies in total.
The first Scorpion King was rushed into production to capitalize on The Rock's well-received - in terms of acting, not for the CGI monster he turns into - turn in The Mummy Returns. While there were once plans to continue The Mummy saga beyond the third movie, that was scrapped in favor of the "Dark Universe" reboot The Mummy. That 2017 Tom Cruise blockbuster didn't click with viewers so future movies didn't happen. Even with this reboot taking the series in another direction, The Scorpion King movies were still ongoing, running until 2018.
The Scorpion King 2 follows young Mathayus (Michael Copon), the character played by The Rock in the 2002 movie. When he witnesses his father's death at the hands of the king (played by UFC Champ Randy Coutour), Mathayus's quest for vengeance transforms him into the most feared warrior of the ancient world.
The heroic tale of young Mathayus and his relentless quest for justice against an evil and powerful villain, King Sargon. Mathayus faces heart-stopping tribulations during his adventurous, odds-defying trajectory toward his ultimate destiny: becoming the formidable warrior king of an ancient desert empire.
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.
It's the year 5000 BC - or thereabouts. The anachronistic Greek general Memnon is out to, you guessed it, take over the world, which consists of African tribesmen, Amazons and the City of Gomorrah in improbably close conjunction. The leaders of the Free Peoples, including the chiefs of the aforesaid Africans and Amazons, hire the 'last of the Akkadians' a race of deadly assassins, (which would come as a surprise to Sargon of Akkadia) to kill not Memnon, but the evil sorcerer whose magic and prophecies are the ultimate source of his success.
The film also spawned four direct-to-video prequels/sequels. The second film, subtitled Rise of a Warrior (2008), is a prequel showing how Mathayus became the badass he is at the start of the first film, as well as his quest to avenge the deaths of his father and brother at the hands of the evil sorcerer-king Sargon. It also started off the sequels' tradition of having one Designated Girl Fight per film between the Action Girl female lead and a token Dark Action Girl.
The third film, subtitled Battle for Redemption (2012), is a straight sequel to the first film, revealing that Mathyus eventually fell from kinghood after a terrible tragedy and returned to his old life as a mercenary. However, his current mission to help a beautiful princess save her kingdom from the evil warlord Talus offers him a chance for redemption for what he sees as his past failings as a king.
The fourth film, subtitled Quest for Power (2015) appears to be set at an indeterminate point between the first and third films (i.e. after Mathayus lost his throne but before the events of the third film), has Mathayus betrayed by his apprentice Drazen, a power-hungry prince who used him to steal a relic that could lead to unimaginable power. Mathayus now finds himself in a race against time to beat his former friend to the power he craves, aided by the members of the royal family Drazen's father overthrew to become a king.
The pacing of the movie is a real issue. Within the first thirty minutes, Mathayus fights in a pit, his dad dies, he trains, he gets a job, he betrays Sargon, his brother dies, he flees to another city, and finally he goes to Greece. This section spans six years worth of stuff. After the first thirty minutes though, the movie slams to a halt in the Underworld. Making a point they can only stay in the underworld for one hour, the next forty-five minutes are spent there. Then the final thirty is reserved for the climax.
The saving grace of the movie is a character named Fong. They find Fong as a prisoner in Ancient Greece, not speaking any English. Fong has a real glow up, going from being chained up about to be killed, to catching a flaming arrow out of the air and throwing it back at the man who shot it. Fong steals the show, and while he may unfortunately be an Asian stereotype, he is the best character.
Once a warrior-for-hire who was the last of a dying people, the Akkadians, Mathayus became a mercenary, training extensively in the deadly arts and only serving those whom he and his brothers personally preferred. However, after his brothers died, Mathayus went on to end the reign of Memnon, a murderous warlord who sought to conquer everything around him. He eventually rose to become the Scorpion King, a warlord himself. Mathayus ascended to power after Memnon's death by assuming the role of king, becoming a formidable ruler in ancient Egypt before the Pyramid era.
Mathayus lived in the kingdom of Akkad in the city of Nippur as a child. He was the son of Ashur, a renown unrivaled Black Scorpion of his era. Ashur debarred Mathayus to serve the Black Scorpions. Mathayus disregarded his father's remonstrance and took part in the Ancient Games to begin his training. During the games, he extricated Layla from Sargon, the then commander of Akkadian Armies. Ashur came to the aid of his son leading to a confrontation with Sargon. King Hammurabi on behalf of Ashur's services to Akkad, abridged Ashur and Mathayus violation for dishonoring the commander and the games, and commanded Mathayus to serve the Black Scorpions and depart for training. A few days prior to Mathayus's departure, Sargon excogitated Ahsur's death, through his occult and dark potency. Mathayus was enlightened that Sargon conspired to his father's death and took an oath to become a fierce warrior, to avenge his father's death. Mathayus travailed from dawn to dusk to become an unexcelled Black Scorpion amongst the others.
Mathayus awoke the next morning buried up to his head next to Arpid, the horse thief he had discovered the night before; Memnon had ordered them buried up to their heads near fire ant colonies by guards who brought torches so the torch smoke put in the colonies would drive the ants out and they would slowly eat both Mathayus's and Arpid's heads slowly and painfully, a concept that Arpid explained to Mathayus laughingly because Arpid planned to escape while leaving Mathayus to die as revenge for leaving Arpid himself to die earlier the night before. Arpid waited buried for one guard, who had been drinking yak urine for an hour to get up and relieve himself; once the guard got to his feet, Arpid knocked him out with an unburned torch as the other guard came out and was knocked aside as well directly into an anthill, where swarms of the angry ants covered him.
Mathayus watched as more ants from a nearby hill burst out closer and called for Arpid to get him out as well; Arpid bade Mathayus promise not to kill him and to allow the horse thief to accompany him on his journeys, sharing the spoils, for Mathayus, as an Akkadian, was bound to his word. Mathayus promised this and Arpid subsequently took a lit torch and a swig from the flask that the guard had been drinking from to burn away the ants, spraying the fire with the fluid in front of the ants, charring some and driving others to escape back into the hills, after which Arpid plucked a few of the remaining ants from Mathayus' head.
Escaping, Mathayus encountered Philos again, and using Philos's invention of the early catapult, he used it to escape, only to land at Memnon's harem quarter. The Harem distracted him, took all of his weapons, and alerted the guards. Mathayus had to escape again which fell into the bathing chamber of Memnon's sorceress, Cassandra. He captured her and escape through the bath's drain, emerging to a nearby well used by the people. Mathayus decided to keep the sorceress alive, and using a knife to threaten her, they escaped the city that was locking down. Mathayus came to defeat Memnon and became the king. After Cassandra's death by infection, Mathayus' empire fell.
Mathayus called out to Anubis by remembering the text of the Book of the Dead, requesting his life back, as well as the chance to once again conquer his foes, in exchange for what had been denied him: a golden pyramid. At that moment, a large black scorpion scuttled out of the sands and Mathayus promptly picked up the arthropod and chewed it up, ignoring its stings on his hand; the scorpion having been offered as confirmation by Anubis towards Mathayus' request. With the eating of the scorpion, trees began to sprout from the sands, along with waters that flowed in rivers, and in minutes a great oasis had sprouted up from the deserts, where Mathayus recuperated his strength before going on his goal to re-challenge Thebes. 2ff7e9595c
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