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The Scorpion King 2 – Rise of a Warrior – (2008 movie)

2016-03-14

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The Scorpion King 2 - Rise of a Warrior (2008) dvd cover

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104123/
https://web.archive.org/web/20180726004317/http://www.the-scorpion-king.com:80/

A kid swears revenge for his father’s unjust death, and has adventures and stuff along the way.

Fairly good for a TV-movie of this genre. I didn’t happen to particularly enjoy it myself, but it’ll appeal to people who can handle both this quality and genre together.

Properly titled The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior
This is supposed to be a further-prequel to The Scorpion King – (2002 movie) but it really isn’t. It has one character with the name.
(Unfortunately) continues with The Scorpion King 3 – Battle for Redemption – (2012 movie)

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The Scorpion King – (2002 movie)

2016-03-14

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277296/
https://web.archive.org/web/20180726004317/http://www.the-scorpion-king.com:80/

A bounty hunter from an extinct tribe is hired to undermine the power of an evil king, but the woman he is meant to kill is hot, and complicates things.

As long as it is taken for what it is, it will be entertaining. It is an action movie through and through, and must not be taken as having much of a link to a historical past. It’s not serious, and not meant to be. It’s packed with action, has a reasonable story and its lead character is spectacular.

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The Mummy – (1999 movie)

2016-03-14

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This has no relation to The Mummy – (2017 movie).

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120616/
https://www.uphe.com/movies/the-mummy-1999

Seeking ancient Egyptian treasure, amateur archaeologists unleash a curse that threatens the world.

Quite good. Light-hearted fun, with comedy that’s not intrusive, plot that makes sense, good acting, and special effects that do their job without being uncanny.

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Star Wars – The Force Awakens – (2015 movie)

2015-12-22

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Star Wars - The Force Awakens (2015) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2488496/
https://www.starwars.com/films/star-wars-episode-vii-the-force-awakens

Random people go on a merry adventure looking for Luke.

DO NOT WATCH Not just because it takes a steaming dump overtop of the already steaming dumpyness of the prequels, but because it’s badly written and unresolved. Go and watch The Matrix Reloaded – (2003 movie) instead. That piece of shit somehow has less issues.

Properly titled Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Followed by Rogue One – (2015 movie)

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Dragon Lore – Curse of the Shadow – (2013 movie)

2015-12-03

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2250234/
was arrowstormentertainment.com/theshadowcabel

A ramshackle band of misfits find themselves aligned when they work towards parallel goals to save the land from the resurrection of the god of death.

Adequate. If you like orcs, one elf and one kickass dwarf, and if you can handle overacting, then this is recommended.

Properly titled Dragon Lore: Curse of the Shadow
Also known as SAGA: The Shadow Cabal
Also known as SAGA: Curse of the Shadow
Contains no dragons, dragon lore, lore .. and I don’t even remember if there was any sort of curse or shadows.

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The Last Witch Hunter – (2015 movie)

2015-11-01

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1618442/
was thelastwitchhunter.com

The dying breath of the queen of witches curses a man with immortality, who becomes a witch hunter but only one who incarcerates witches, which turns out to be a bad idea because they didn’t see Demolition Man – (1993 movie).

An adequate movie, but doesn’t bring anything interesting. The world, the plot and the characters are all boring. Perfectly fine for people who like bubblegum action fantasy.

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