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Article: THE ROCK AN ENGAGING BRUISER IN 'SCORPION'.(LIVING)(Movie review)(Review)

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April 19, 2002
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Byline: David Germain The Associated Press

There's two choices on ''The Scorpion King'': You can laugh AT the Rock or laugh WITH him as he poses, flexes, glowers and pile-drives his way through a string of violent dust-ups in ancient Egypt.

The safe bet is you'll laugh with him.

''The Scorpion King,'' an offshoot of ''The Mummy'' franchise, is a brisk, amiably silly fist fest that establishes pro wrestler the Rock as heir apparent to Arnold Schwarzenegger for favorite on-screen bruiser.

With testosterone to spare, this is a guy's flick among guy flicks, delivering bone-crunching action, goofy humor, loads of nasty creepy-crawlies ...

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