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Scorpion King: Book of Souls

Universal 1440 Entertainment

United States of America

English

Zach McGowan

Peter Mensah

Pearl Thusi

Mayling Ng

Katy Louise Saunders

Inge Beckmann

Stephanie Schildknecht

Howard Charles

Rizelle Januk

Nathan Jones

Peter Jessop

Lesala Mampa

Frederik Wiedmann

Don Michael Paul

Frank DeJohn

David Alton Hedges

Marvin Saven

Jeff Gerrard

Stephen Sommers

Neil McClean

Kevin Misher

Greig Buckle

James Jacks

Sean Daniel

Madelein Krugell

Genevieve Hofmeyr

Natasha du Toit

Jaci Cheiman

Vanick Moradian

Mike Elliott

Hein de Vos

Greg Holstein

Gillian Hawser

Shane Bunce

Michele Barfoot

Gimly

Mathayus the Scorpion King, a character now played by an American Samoan, a Filipino German, a French Canadian, and a Jewish American (and seemingly getting smaller with each incarnation) is a ruler supposedly from Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq). Now I was never one to **demand** the nationality of the actor match that of the character (particularly one from so long ago that there is no way to be 100% certain exactly how said character may have looked). But it might be an idea to lock down a rough appearance to hold consistent throughout **your own franchise**.

_Book of Souls_ purports to be the final entry in this very loose series of _The Mummy Returns_ spinoffs. If they had continued in the vain of the third entry, that's something I might be sad about, alas, these last two entries have decided to once again take the absurd _Scorpion King_ premise seriously (_Book of Souls_ admittedly less so, but still far too much to really get into).

Pretty cool ending credits animation though.

_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._

<em>'The Scorpion King: Book of Souls'</em> is, surprisingly, almost good. Well, that's what I think anyway - the average rating says otherwise!  The story is what lets it down, because it is underwhelming, but I the cast and characters are ones I didn't mind watching.

Zach McGowan makes for the fourth actor to appear as the titular character, he isn't no worse than those that have preceded him; I prefer him to Victor Webster, even if I warmed to the latter due to his double appearance in the series. McGowan and Pearl Thusi work as a two.

Katy Louise Saunders is decent too, while Enkidu (played by Nathan Jones) is honestly impressive for a flick of this level - great make-up and effects, even if the character is clearly superhero movie inspired. I will say that the antagonists aren't as positive as the the aforementioned, but are still fine. There is also a good end credits song, which I appreciate.

It seems the majority rank this with the other sequels, for me though it is the best - if still not actually good - since the Dwayne Johnson original. Speaking of The Rock, he is reportedly behind an upcoming reboot of this series - it'll be interesting to see how that turns out.

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Zach McGowan

Peter Mensah

Pearl Thusi

Mayling Ng

Katy Louise Saunders

Inge Beckmann

Stephanie Schildknecht

Howard Charles

Rizelle Januk

Nathan Jones

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