The Scorpion King (2002)

Dwayne Johnson: Mathayus

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Quotes 

• Jesup : Live free.

  Mathayus : Die well.

• Mathayus : How is it you see this? Don't the legends say you'll lose your powers if you...?

  [arches brow, suggestively] 

  The Sorceress : Can you think of a better way to keep a king from taking advantage?

  [Mathayus smiles] 

  The Sorceress : Well, neither could my ancestors.

• [Mathayus, Arpid, and the Sorceress have stopped at a pond] 

  The Sorceress : What do you think? Is it safe to drink?

  Arpid : Woo hoo!

  [Arpid jumps into the pond] 

  Mathayus : Not any more.

• [Mathayus enters a room where Philos is working] 

  Philos : Good lord. Are you going to kill me?

  Mathayus : Maybe later.

• The Sorceress : If you face Memnon, you'll die! That is your destiny.

  Mathayus : I make my own destiny.

  [they kiss] 

• Balthazar : Where do you think you're going with my horse?

  Arpid : To Gomorrah. Nothing we can say will stop him.

  Balthazar : Without your sorceress?

  Mathayus : She returned to save the lives of your people. I won't let her face Memnon's wrath alone. Step aside.

  Balthazar : Akkadian, you're riding to your death. If I let you ride alone...

  [pause. Balthazar grins] 

  Balthazar : what glory would there be left for me?

• Mathayus : Live free.

  Balthazar : Rule well.

• [after getting inside the city gates] 

  Mathayus : All right, that was the easy part. Everybody know what to do?

  Balthazar : Cripple the guards.

  Philos : Ignite the powder.

  Arpid : And try not to get killed.

• [after rescuing Jesup from certain death] 

  Mathayus : You're lucky we have the same mother.

• [Memnon's Guards can be heard heading towards Mathayus and his young guide] 

  Mathayus : Get ready! I'll kill half, you kill half!

  [the boy stares at him quizically] 

  Mathayus : All right. I'll kill them all!

  Urchin : [Tugs on Mathayus' arm]  How about we go around 'em and not kill anybody?

• Jesup : Horses are faster.

  Mathayus : But camels are smarter.

• Balthazar : Watch yourself, Akkadian

  Mathayus : No need for concern, Miss.

  Balthazar : Ohh, he's gonna pay for that.

• Philos : Like ALL of my inventions, Memnon will try to use it for war.

  Mathayus : Where is Memnon?

  Philos : Ay, you mean to kill him, do you?

  Mathayus : [raises his sword to Philos' throat]  Yes.

• Mathayus : I've come for the woman... and your head.

• [Mathayus and Arpid are buried up to their necks in sand. Around them, the guard drops burning scraps of cloth into the ant mounds] 

  Arpid : Fascinating, isn't it? The smoke, it causes the fire ants to abandon their homes, you see?

  [the fire ants swarm out of the mounds, towards them] 

  Arpid : All the sooner to feast on our naked heads.

  [laughs] 

  Mathayus : You think this is funny?

  Arpid : It's a little bit funny, yes. You see, I am about to escape, while you on the other hand are about to die a horrible death, for leaving me to die last night!

• [after getting inside the city, the Urchin pokes his head out of the wagon] 

  Mathayus : What are you doing here? You could get hurt!

  Urchin : So could you!

• Arpid : So, where are we going?

  Mathayus : The Valley of the Dead.

  Arpid : The Valley of the Dead? Nobody goes to the Valley of the Dead. That's why they call it the Valley of the Dead!

  [the Scorpion King & the sorceress ride away on the camel] 

  Arpid : Wait for me, please!

• Mathayus : [after catching their fee]  As long as one of us still breathes, the Sorcerer will die.

  [they turn to leave. Balthazar pulls Mathayus's kama out of a pole] 

  Balthazar : Assassin!

  [Mathayus turns, Balthazar throws the kama. Mathayus catches it] 

  Mathayus : Him... we'll kill for free.

• Mathayus : You! You betrayed your own father?

  Takmet : Yes. He was very shocked.

  [holds up his father's head] 

  Takmet : You could tell by the look on his face.

• Mathayus : I may be a king, but I'm a wrestler first.

  [piledrives guard] 

• [Mathayus revives an unconscious Arpid] 

  Arpid : What happened?

  Mathayus : You got us in! I knew you could do it. A jug of your finest wine for my road-weary friend here.

  Arpid : Wait a minute... the last thing that, that I remember was this huge Akkadian fist coming straight into my...