The Scorpion King (2002)
Dwayne Johnson: Mathayus
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Quotes
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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.
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[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.
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The Sorceress : If you face Memnon, you'll die! That is your destiny.
Mathayus : I make my own destiny.
[they kiss]
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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?
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[after rescuing Jesup from certain death]
Mathayus : You're lucky we have the same mother.
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Mathayus : I've come for the woman... and your head.
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[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!
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Mathayus : I may be a king, but I'm a wrestler first.
[piledrives guard]