The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015)

I took one for the team and somehow enjoyed more than 50% of it! Victor Webster is a decent Mathayus. He manages to channel a little of the eye-brow attitude that The Rock warmed the first film with, and he's charming.
He gets paired with a female who loves/hates him, leading to some bickering married-couple humour that’s predicable but occasionally chucklesome.
The gung-ho adventuring stayed on track most of the way, even surviving the addition of a nutty Leonardo da Vinci-esque character, but it went full Indy Jones during the finale, peaking the bullshit meter beyond recovery. Nevertheless, it's definitely the best entry since the original film.

2 campfire stories out of 5

The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012)

SK3 is a sequel to the first film. You don't need to have seen SK2. That's for the best. Lacking that particular prerequisite is the best thing abut it.

It picks up the story of some years after the first film's end. Victor Webster takes over the role of Mathayus, who's once again a brooding mercenary.

The camera-work is shoddy; the editing is bad; the continuity department must've been on vacation; and Billy Zane is useless.

Despite that, I may be the only person in the western world that thought it was okay. It had a few likeable characters and some unintentional humour. And, crucially, it was a shit-ton better than the SK movie that came before it.

1½ pissy wine-skins out of 5