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Parents' Guide to

The Scorpion King

By Nell Minow, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 12+

Action movie prequel has lots of death and violence.

Movie PG-13 2002 92 minutes
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this movie.

Community Reviews

age 12+

Based on 6 parent reviews

age 15+

Not that violent, in which it is. But it's too sensual and has a lot of nudity.

The sexual content was sort of graphic. In many scenes you can almost see her breasts.

This title has:

Too much sex
1 person found this helpful.
age 13+

This title has:

Too much sex
Too much swearing
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (6 ):
Kids say (13 ):

This action movie doesn't pretend to having anything like the wit and charm of the Mummy movies, which were a loving tribute to Saturday morning serials. But it works pretty well, largely due to its star. The Rock has genuine screen presence. He even manages most of the material better than Michael Clarke Duncan who is just too much of an actor to deliver the cheesy dialogue with the right mix of sincerity and irony, and Peter Facinelli, whose thin-voiced delivery doesn't convey the necessary petulant malevolence.

There is one innovation worth mentioning. In action movies, the hero is almost always stoic, even when he gets hurt. Think of Rambo sewing up his own wounds. But the Rock, carrying over the conventions of professional wrestling, grimaces in pain when he gets hurt. It doesn't rise to the level of acting, but in a funny way it adds some heart to the story.

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