Moral Assessment + Abhorrent + + Disturbing + + + Acceptable + + + + Wholesome + + + + + Exemplary Technical Assessment • Poor • • Below average • • • Average • • • • Above average • • • • • Excellent CINEMA Rating Guide VA For viewers of all ages V13 For viewers age 13 and below with parental guidance V14 For viewers 14 and above V18 For mature viewers 18 and above NP Not for public viewing

Title: THE SCORPION KING Running Time:  93 min Lead Cast: Dwayne Douglas Johnson, Kelly Hu, Michael Clarke Duncan, Steven Brand, Grant Heslov, Peter Facinelli Director:  Chuck Russell Producer:  Sean Daniel, James Jacks Screenwriters: David Hayter, Will Osborne Music: John Debney Editor:  Genre: Action-Drama Cinematography:  John R. Leonetti Distributor: United International Pictures Location:  Gomorrah, Egypt Technical Assessment:  • • • Moral Assessment:  + + + CINEMA Rating:   For viewers age 13 and below with parental guidance   The time is 5000 years ago. The place is the city of Gomorrah and its desert environs. Nomadic tribes still free from the clutches of the evil Memnon (Steven Brand) who wants them under his rule have had enough of his greedy ambition. The leader of a small band of exceptional warriors, Mathayus (Dwayne Douglas Johnson, the Rock) decides to stop him by killing the sorcerer he relies on for his conquests. However, when Mathayus finds the held captive sorceress Cassandra (Kelly Hu), he decides to take her into the desert instead. She and Nubian (Clark Michael Duncan) a formidable leader of another free tribe decide to ally themselves with Mathayus against their common enemy. Will Memnon be able to get Cassandra back? Can the allies of a few small tribes led by Nubian, Cassandra, with Mathayus at the forefront, match the formidable army of Memnon? Although The Scorpion King has a good narrative, it is treated as a spectacle. Foremost is the spectacular presence of the main star, Dwayne Douglas Johnson as Matahyus (first seen, as a giant scorpion in The Mummy Returns). His height and physique, including his looks give him a remarkable screen presence, never mind his inability at acting. The world however, knows him—especially the male population, young and old—as the six-time champion of the World Wrestling Federation. The backdrop of the story, the confrontations and fight scenes, are very well presented and the whole film is a visually and aurally entertaining production. Though The Scorpion King is entertaining, it is also able to leave viewers some things to think about. One is that there exists in every age, the lust for power and possessions, and that there is the need to counteract this. Also shown is the desire for a people (a tribe, a country) to be free to determine its own needs, and work for its own goals. The violence and fight scenes are directed and edited to allow a CINEMA rating of PG13.   (Date reviewed: April 26, 2002)