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From there, you go to The Scorpion King 4: The Quest for Power - and only then, two movies later, you polish off the remainder of Battle for Redemption, rounding out this unnecessarily complicated offshoot franchise and completing Mathayas' character arc.
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With that direct-to-DVD screening under your belt, then you can move on to the only theatrically released installment in the series, that being 2002's The Scorpion King.Īs if things couldn't get any more convoluted, SilentDues broke apart a film into two distinct sections with a couple of full ones in between: They recommend you watch just The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption's pre-title sequence and stop there, before viewing 2018's The Scorpion King 5: Book of Souls. Kicking this marathon off in head-scratching fashion, the starting feature is 2008's The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior, since it's a prequel to the first movie, and provides some important backstory for Mathayas, contextualizing his eventual rise to prominence. You're soon going to wish it were that simple. This is a mammoth undertaking, but, thankfully, Reddit user SilentDues rolled up their sleeves, and took care of the heavy lifting for everyone, putting the entire Mummy and Scorpion King saga into as close to chronological order as one can assemble.
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However, it's not as simple as watching each movie and TV show in the order they came out: For everything to make sense, you have to shuffle the sequence of events around. She went on to star in a couple of Hammer Frankenstein films after this, but I don’t know why they didn’t use her more. The reality is, there's so much extra lore to this continuity that few bother to look into, retroactively enhancing the story of the more popular additions, and they are worth checking out, should you find the time. The best thing about Dracula Has Risen From the Grave is the introduction of the absolutely gorgeous Veronica Carlson. Many fans have only really taken notice of the first two Mummy features - 1999's The Mummy and 2001's The Mummy Returns - in addition to the inaugural Scorpion King film that catapulted Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's into superstardom.
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This, of course, led to plenty of sequels, a cartoon television show, and the ever-popular Scorpion King spinoff series getting the green light, expanding the mythology of this fictional world. The blooming blockbuster property took over Hollywood for a brief period back in the day, with its willingness to embrace its inherent campiness, thrilling action, and the charisma of the cast making it happen. These are things only adults notice in The Mummy.For those who were into the action-adventure genre in the late 1990s and early 2000s, they'll recall that few franchises were bigger and more influential than Universal's Brendan Fraser-led Mummy films. More than 20 years after its debut, the film is still remembered fondly as a healthy dose of supernatural family fun, which means children and adults alike are still sitting down to watch it together.įortunately, because of its grown-up characters, themes, and complex mythology, the film also provides plenty of moments that adults will be thinking about long after the kids in the room have moved on to the next thing. The Mummy was a massive hit, spawning two sequels, a spinoff series with The Scorpion King, and a whole generation of crushes on its stars, Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. To make that work, Sommers crafted a story about an ancient city of gold, a vengeful high priest, a down-on-his-luck adventurer, a plucky librarian, and the undead curse that hangs over them all. While the original 1932 version of The Mummy is a slow-burning creature feature, the updated film from director Stephen Sommers would be a swashbuckling period action-fantasy with horror elements and lots of comedy. In 1999, Universal Pictures decided the time was right to revisit one of its classic monster properties, but they weren't going to make just another horror film.
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