Scorpion King: Book of Souls

2018 102 min ★ 5.9 Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The Scorpion King teams up with a female warrior named Tala, who is the sister of The Nubian King. Together they search for a legendary relic known as The Book of Souls, which will allow them to put an end to an evil warlord.

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Cast

Zach McGowan

Mathayus

Peter Mensah

Nebserek

Pearl Thusi

Tala

Mayling Ng

Khensa

Katy Louise Saunders

Amina

Inge Beckmann

Mennofer

Stephanie Schildknecht

Abel's Mother

Howard Charles

Uruk

Rizelle Januk

Hathor

Nathan Jones

Enkidu

Details

Director

Don Michael Paul

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Universal 1440 Entertainment

Reviews

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Gimly

January 22, 2019

★ 4/10

Mathayus the Scorpion King, a character now played by an American Samoan, a Filipino German, a French Canadian, and a Jewish American (and seemingly getting smaller with each incarnation) is a ruler supposedly from Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq). Now I was never one to **demand** the nationality of the actor match that of the character (particularly one from so long ago that there is no way to be 1...

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r96sk

February 20, 2025

★ 6/10

<em>'The Scorpion King: Book of Souls'</em> is, surprisingly, almost good. Well, that's what I think anyway - the average rating says otherwise! The story is what lets it down, because it is underwhelming, but I the cast and characters are ones I didn't mind watching. Zach McGowan makes for the fourth actor to appear as the titular character, he isn't no worse than those that have preceded him...