Monday, September 8, 2008

The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008)



Plot

Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior is a prequel to the original film, telling the story of Mathayus as a young man. He is trained to become one of the feared Black Scorpion mercenaries. Returning home, Mathayus finds that Sargon, the man who killed his father, is the new Akkadian King, alleged to have murdered the previous King Hammurabi. Mathayus vows revenge against Sargon and attempts to kill him. Sargon, however, has sorcery to aid him and Mathayus finds himself on the run with his childhood friend and love, Layla.

Onboard a ship they meet Aristophanes, a Greek scribe, who tells them about the legendary Sword of Damocles that can cut through anything. The trio sets off on a quest to find the sword located in the Greek Underworld. Along the way they will pickup a group of former prisoners as allies, battle a Minotaur, and take on the Goddess Astarte to try and claim the weapon. The story climaxes in a battle between Mathayus and Sargon, who has transformed himself into a giant scorpion.


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