2018 · action · adventure · fantasy
Scorpion King: Book of Souls
Directed by Don Michael Paul1h 42m2018
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.
Our read: Scorpion King: Book of Souls (2018) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive action · adventure · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured action / adventure, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- kinetic
- intense
- redemptive
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