The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior

Six years after the original Scorpion King movie and in the same year as The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emporer, comes yet another spin off for the character of Mathayus, this time as a prequel.  Only some of the producers came back for this one and it is directed by Australian Russell Mulcahy.
I was pretty disappointed in this movie.  It was the story of how The Rock's character became the great warrior he is.  However, it was really a cheap cash-in attempt linking Mathayus to scorpions from an early age.  One o fmy main problems was the young cast.  I know it was his early years, but the modern language ('Mom', 'Jerk') made this more Mathayus's Creek or Akkadian Hills 90210.
There was a really good set piece where the heroes go to the Underworld to get the Sword of Damocles via a portal in the Minotaur's labyrinth.  The effects for this were quite good.  However that was it.  The Minotaur was terrible and the final giant scorpion effect was horrendous! (It was invisible for most of the fight - indicative of the incredibly low budget.) It was also filmed in South Africa where it's parent film was made entirely in California.
Now I have to also talk about Mr Randy Couture.  He was perhaps the worst actor I have ever seen!  He was more wooden than Marky Mark, in fact more wooden than an entire forest!  Let's hope he gets some acting lessons.  Now nobody tell him that I said that!!
So in conclusion, I did not like this movie at all.  What a sad way to end a franchise, unless they can pull their finger out and make a fourth Mummy movie in Peru! 3/10