The Question That's Never Answered In The Scorpion King Movies
By Ava Barnes
The issue is a complex one, but Reddit user Wooting put it succinctly on the site's /r/movies forum, pointing out that "in The Mummy series the Scorpion King is clearly the evil ruler of [the] Anubis army bent on killing innocent people. Then we have the stand alone prequel, where he is obviously a good guy with a good heart (saving the young boy from having his hand cut off, saving the hot princess etcetc.)" In summation, "was this drastic change in character ever even lightly explained?"
It's a fair question. While he's certainly not the worst Egyptian ruler in history, The Mummy 2 depicts Dwayne Johnson's Scorpion King as a cruel, merciless warlord, stuck with a bummer of a bod after making a deal with the god Anubis. The rest of the Scorpion King movies, on the other hand, present the character as a kinder, gentler action hero, one who never once turns into a computer generated monstrosity.
Prospective answers to Wooting's question run the gamut from Mummy Wiki copy-pastes to snarky comments about bad CGI. One user, TheZombieGod, suggested that maybe the issue was one of perspective: "Always thought it wasn't that he was evil, just a different perspective and his situation [...] he might not be literally evil, just a fallen warrior who made a pact with a god that forever makes him a conqueror." A few users, including xEllimistx, suggested that the character was simply corrupted by power.
None of this is spelled out in the prequels themselves, though, which makes for a rather gaping plot hole. The best solution might have come from user dima_socks, who simply replied "Oh man. I've watched all of the scorpion king movies and read the wiki. None of it makes sense at all. Just try to enjoy it my dood." Words to live by.
