The Scorpion King (2002), starring Dwayne Johnson back when he was still billing himself as The Rock, was a modest success. Doing so requires he and Tala to go on a quest for the mythic Book of Souls, the only means to defeat the Fang of Anubis. Mathayus at first refuses until he realises that this will allow him vengeance against those who slaughtered his village. She wants him to stand up against Nebserek. On the journey back, a wounded Mathayus is rescued and brought back from near death by the Nubian princess Tala, the daughter of an old friend of Mathayus. Nebserek’s lieutenants track Mathayus down him and burn the village to the ground to force him to surrender. The only one he has not challenged is the legendary Scorpion King but Mathayus has retired to become a blacksmith in a small village. With the power the sword confers, Nebserek goes on to create a vast empire. Created by the gods, the sword holds great power because it contains the imprisoned souls of those it has slaughtered. The warlord Nebserek finds the tomb of the Egyptian ruler Memtep and takes from it the sword known as the Fang of Anubis.
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