The Scorpion King (2002)
Directed by Chuck Russell
In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.
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It’s also worth noting that for as “serious” as Nope is, there so many little touches that made it so enjoyable for me: it shows some love to The Scorpion King, there are a few hat tips to Us (I didn’t catch any for Get Out, but I’m excited to watch it again to see if I can find some nods the second time around), it features Corey Hart’s Sunglasses at Night in one of the film’s best sequences, it somehow thrusts Chris Kattan into hero status with a mere mention, and I’m sure it’s a reference to another movie, but there’s a motorbike rider who truly felt like he just rode right off the set of The Wraith, and all of that just made me giddy as someone who loves popular culture.
But Peele’s movie love, sincere and sometimes goofy as it is (watch for multiple nods to the Dwayne Johnson action vehicle “The Scorpion King”), also comes with a serrated edge.
On the surface, “Nope” is a thrilling time with extraordinary craft behind it and embellished with a myriad of curious homages to movies like “Akira” or even “The Scorpion King.”
Their father Otis (Keith David) promised her a horse of her own, but instead brought OJ in on training him for work on The Scorpion King , as a father-son project.
A long drive from the hubbub of Hollywood studio shoots, the Haywoods own a sprawling ranch, where they train horses to perform in commercials and movies like The Scorpion King .
There are also easter eggs to films such as Buck and the Preacher and The Scorpion King as well as anime such as Neon Genesis Evangelion and Akira .
But it at least has the Saturday-afternoon matinee spirit, a vibe similar to that of the much-maligned (unfairly, I must add) 2002 film The Scorpion King , which successfully hitched the considerable charms of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to its faux-mythological chariot.
Director Chuck Russell (The Mask) claims to love films like The Adventure of Robin Hood and The Crimson Pirate.
When a hit is put out on him by former benefactor Primo Sparazza (Joseph Ruskin, "The Scorpion King"), opportunists come out of the woodwork and a multi-pronged attack on Lake Tahoe, Nevada is intent on "Smokin' Aces."