The Scorpion King 3 Battle for Redemption (2012) Full Movie Watch Online

The Scorpion King 3 Battle for Redemption (2012) Full Movie Download

The Scorpion King 3 Battle for Redemption (2012) Full Movie

Directed by Roel Reine

Starring

Victor Webster

Bostin Christopher

Temuera Morrison

Krystal Vee

Selina Lo

Kimbo Slice

Dave Batista

with Billy Zane

and Ron Perlman

Music by

Trevor Morris

Cinematography

Roel Reine

Distributed by

Universal Pictures

Release date(s)

January 17, 2012

Running time 104 minutes

Country United States

Language English

Budget $6,000,000

Story

Since his rise to power, Mathayus' kingdom has fallen. Now an assassin for hire, he must defend a kingdom from an evil tyrant and his ghost warriors for the chance to regain the power and glory he once knew.

To be honest, I didn't know there was even a Scorpion King 2. I just thought there was the enjoyable if slightly dull at times Scorpion King with the unflappable Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as the lead. However when I heard from fellow reviewer and all round nice guy Marter, that there was a third and that it was pretty good. Curious about this film, I decided to search Youtube, to see if someone had been kind enough to upload it. They had indeed, so I settled down to watch it, over the course of 8 parts, split into 15 minutes each. And I must say, it was quite the experience and one I was not expecting from a straight to DVD film.

The Scorpion King 3 picks up directly after the first film with a slightly less rugged but more attractive Mathayus (Played by Victor Webster) , never letting on to whomever hires him that he is the Scorpion King as he is now a mercenary, after the fall of his kingdom due to a deadly plague, which also claimed the life of his wife. As a result of this plague killing nearly everyone, Mathayus' kingdom is divided up into three separate kingdoms with a different ruler to each part of the kingdom. After that, King Horus (Played by the brilliant Ron Perlman) hires Mathayus to stop Talus (Played by Billy Zane), one of the other leaders, from taking over Horus' kingdom and to also stop him from stealing The Book of the Dead from Ramusan (Played by Temuera Morrison), the third leader of Egypt. For his journey, Horus gives Mathayus a sidekick in the shape of Olaf (Played by Bostin Christopher), a rather jovial gentleman with a taste for fisticuffs and women. After a brief but bonding fist fight between Mathayus and Olaf, where they ignore the group of bandits who proceed to steal everything they have, the two become close friends, while trading some quips every now and then, and together set off to protect The Book of the Dead from Talus, who seeks to us the Book to take over all the kingdoms.

I will admit now, the start was ploddingly slow and seemed to meander between plot points without any real purpose. However, when it settles down, focuses itself and gets going, Scorpion King 3 becomes a riot. Billy Zane is brilliant as Talus, over-hamming every scene he's in and being consistent and brilliant as the villain. Every time Talus is on screen, you can feel the energy and fun just flowing from Zane as he delivers his lines and slaps people around the face with books with gusto. Webster does a brilliant job as Mathayus, nearly making me forget about Dwayne's performance in the first one. Christopher does a great job as Olaf too, bringing comedy and also toughness to the fray. Think of Danny Butterman from the finale of Hot Fuzz and you're not far off from Olaf and how he acts, really. Add to this that everyone involved with The Scorpion King 3 appear to not be taking this seriously, you get a vibe that everyone is enjoying themselves and this translates over to the action scenes. Seeing as the majority of the action is so over the top, it just wouldn't fit with the tone of The Scorpion King 3 if any of the action made sense.

The Scorpion King 3 is a strange movie to try and sum up, really. It's a unique film, one I have never experienced the likes of before. It suffers for the slow, meandering start but when it gets past that, it really gets into its stride and never really stops until the credits. I'd definitely recommend you watch The Scorpion King 3, however. It's a masterpiece in how cheesy action films should be done and you will enjoy what you see. One of the best films I have ever watched and one that warrants multiple views, either on DVD, online or however you can find it. It is truly a classic film and has entered my top ten favourite films of all time.