The Scorpion King

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	Dwayne Johnson	Mathayus
	Steven Brand	Memnon
	Michael Clarke Duncan	Balthazar
	Kelly Hu	The Sorceress
	Bernard Hill	Philos
	Grant Heslov	Arpid
	Peter Facinelli	Takmet
	Ralf Moeller	Thorak
	Branscombe Richmond	Jesup
	Roger Rees	King Pheron
	Sherri Howard	Queen Isis
	Conrad Roberts	Chieftain
	Joseph Ruskin	Tribal Leader
	Esteban Cueto	Third Akkadian
	Nils Allen Stewart	Torturer
	Scott L. Schwartz	Torturer
	Andre Henschel	Memnon Soldier
	Michael Hilow	Guard at Ant Pit
	Nick Hermz	Guard at Ant Pit
	Wesley John	Guard at Gomorrah Gate
	Michelle Baney	Bazaar Barmaid
	Barry Kramer	Sword Merchant
	Marissa McMahon	Bird Merchant
	Tim Iannello	Perfume Merchant
	K.D. Aubert	Harlot

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Director	Chuck Russell
Writer	Stephen Sommers, Jonathan Hales, William Osborne, David Hayter
Producer	Sean Daniel, James Jacks, Josh McLaglen, Vince McMahon, Kevin Misher, Richard Luke Rothschild, Stephen Sommers, Michael Tronick
Musician	John Debney
Photography	John R. Leonetti

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Story Synopsis:
Set 5,000 years ago in the infamous city of Gomorrah, “The Scorpion King” is a head-on confrontation between good and evil. Warlord Memmon (Brand) has created a reign of terror across the desert using a sorceress (Hu), who envisions all his victories. Only a few free tribes remain and in order to defeat Memmon they reluctantly hire Mathayus (The Rock) to kill the beautiful sorceress. Instead, he kidnaps her to lure Memmon into a trap. With the help of the leader of the free tribe, Balthazar (Academy Award®-nominee Michael Clarke Duncan), and an unlikely accomplice, the stage is set for the ultimate showdown.

DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 DVD exhibits a picture that is sharp and nicely detailed, with excellent contrast and shadow delineation. Some scenes exhibit a soft focus or a smeared appearance. The color scheme nicely conveys a desert atmosphere, with lots of warm golds and browns. Costumes and tents are often nicely saturated in rich reds and purples, and blacks are deep and solid. Edge enhancement and pixelization are noticed, at times giving the picture a “digital” or hard appearance. However, the picture can be quite clean and smooth at other times. (Suzanne Hodges)

Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital 5.1 soundtrack is a splendid presentation, not only because of the liberal dimensionality and aggressive surround presence, but also because of the nicely balanced tonality, and the recording quality. Another distinguished aspect of this soundtrack is the dialogue, for which voices sound reamarkably natural in timbre, and have quite convincing spatial integration. The recording of the sound effects is very impressive, with particular distinctiveness. The music score is a very nice recording, with of course an abundancy of spatiality, comprising moderate to aggressive surround envelopment. But of course, it is the soundstaging and dynamics with the many action scenes that make this soundtrack a true winner. You'll hear effects happening all around you, as well as various pans and sweeps. The back surround can really come into good use with this film's audio. Additionally, while certain sounds, such as the clashes of swords are delivered at the upper end of the soundtrack's SPL range, they still retain remarkably neutral tonality. The low-end is substantially energetic, as expected, with very deep extension to be expected from all channels. While the spatial attributes for this soundtrack are likely to be predictable, they nonetheless are indispensable in the role of sound in the storytelling. (Perry Sun)

This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Reference Quality
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality
Superb Music Score Recording Quality
Superb Special Visual Effects Quality

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